International Eucharistic
Congress postponed
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| Cardianal Péter Erdõ, the Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest and Primate of Hungary, speaks about the Eucharistic Congress in this file photo |
The Vatican has announced that the International Eucharistic
Congress, set to take place in Budapest this fall, has been postponed to
September 2021.
By Vatican News
In a statement released by the Director of the Holy See
Press Office, Matteo Bruni, it was announced that the 52nd International
Eucharistic Congress has been postponed to September 2021. It had been
scheduled to take place September 2020.
The decision was made “because of the current health
situation and its consequences for the movement and aggregation of the faithful
and pilgrims”.
In his statement, Bruni notes that the decision was taken by
Pope Francis together with the Pontifical Committee for
International Eucharistic[BR1] Congresses and the Hungarian
Episcopate.
What a Eucharistic Congress is
Eucharistic Congresses are designed to promote devotion to
and belief in Jesus Christ truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. In 1967,
following the Second Vatican Council, the then Sacred Congregation of Rites
wrote, “In Eucharistic Congresses Christians seek to understand this mystery
more deeply through a consideration of its many aspects.” It emphasized the
teaching of the Second Vatican Council, saying that during the Congresses, the
faithful “should venerate [this mystery] through devotions and private prayers,
especially by solemn processions, in such a way that all these forms of
devotion find their climax in the solemn celebration of Mass”.
History of the Eucharistic Congress
The first Eucharistic Congress took place in France in 1881,
during the pontificate of Leo XIII. Since that time, Congresses have been held
throughout the world, in places as diverse as Jerusalem, Rome, Montreal,
Sydney, Carthage (in Tunisia), Buenos Aires, and Manila. The most recent
Eucharistic Congress was held in Cebu City in the Philippines[BR2]
in 2016, with Burmese Cardinal Charles Bo serving as the papal legate.
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