We invite you to review the following articles: P. Lino Emilio Díez Valladares – An Unknown (or Ignored?) Ritual: The Ritual of Holy Communion and Eucharistic Worship Outside of Mass, page 281. P. Vittore Boccardi – A Spiritual Journey for Our Time: The Meaning of Eucharistic Worship Outside of Mass, page 303. P. Corrado Maggioni […]

In its recent edition, L’Osservatore Romano includes information about the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress, the most important gathering of the Catholic Church in the world: Hacia el 53° Congreso Eucarístico Internacional: El Evangelio en Ecuador, página 6: QUO_2024_195_3108 El cardenal Porras Cardozo, Legado Pontificio al Congreso Eucarístico Internacional, página 8 : QUO_2024_196_0109

The Eucharistic Celebration 2024 officially began with the distribution of credentials to participants who registered for the International Theological Symposium “Fraternity to Heal the World.” On the morning of Monday, September 2, Father Fernando Ponce, Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, received his credential and materials kit from Monsignor David de la Torre, […]

Autoridades han confirmado que el papa Francisco no podrá asistir al 53.° Congreso Eucarístico Internacional (CEI) que se celebrará en Quito del 8 al 15 de septiembre. En su lugar, el cardenal Baltazar Porras, arzobispo emérito de Caracas, ha sido designado como legado pontificio para presidir el evento. Andrés Carrascosa, nuncio apostólico en Ecuador, explicó […]

Chronicle from Ávila Cardinal Baltazar Porras Cardozo Quito has earned the right to host the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress not as a gracious concession, but as the result of both distant and recent preparation that highlights the missionary zeal of the Church in Ecuador. Since the first congress was held in Lille, France, in 1881, […]

Chronicle from Ávila Cardinal Baltazar Porras Cardozo I receive as a special grace that Pope Francis has appointed me as Papal Legate for the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress to be held in Quito in the coming days. For many years, I have written brief chronicles to share with benevolent readers my concerns and hopes. I […]

La ciudad de Quito, en Ecuador, albergará el Congreso Internacional Eucarístico del 8 al 15 de septiembre. Todo está preparado para que los fieles redescubran la importancia de la Eucaristía y se unan como Iglesia Universal. Conoce los detalles en esta entrevista Bajo el tema de “Fraternidad para sanar el mundo”, el Congreso Eucarístico Internacional […]

Corrado Maggioni El misterio eucarístico no es una de las muchas realidades de la vida cristiana, sino su fundamento. Resplandece con mayor intensidad para todos los bautizados en la misa dominical, Pascua semanal, pero no termina con el «Podéis ir en paz». La celebración eucarística cumple su finalidad si hace eucarística la vida de quienes […]

Everything is in place for Quito to host the largest Eucharistic experience of faith in an environment of fraternal unity within the Universal Church. This was stated by Monsignor Alfredo Espinoza Mateus, SDB, Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito and Primate of Ecuador, during a press conference held on the morning of Thursday, August 29, at the […]

P. Corrado Maggioni President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses The Eucharistic mystery is not one of the many realities of Christian life but its foundation. It shines more intensely for all the baptized during Sunday Mass, the weekly Easter, but it does not end with the “You may go in peace.” The […]