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See you next January, Papa Francisco? Pope invited to Cebu confab in 2016
See you next January, Pope Francis?
Pope Francis has been invited to return to the Philippines in January next year to attend the 51st International Eucharistic Congress in Cebu, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle said on Sunday night.
Tagle made the disclosure in a news conference on the eve of Pope Francis' departure for the Vatican after a successful and heartfelt interaction with Filipinos over the past few days.
Pope Francis has been invited to return to the Philippines in January next year to attend the 51st International Eucharistic Congress in Cebu, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle said on Sunday night.
Tagle made the disclosure in a news conference on the eve of Pope Francis' departure for the Vatican after a successful and heartfelt interaction with Filipinos over the past few days.
"The Philippines will host next year, in January next year, the 51st International Eucharistic Congress. It will be held in Cebu. Again, another international event. The last Eucharistic Congress was held in Dublin in Ireland," Tagle said.
The last congress was in 2012. Then Pope now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was not able to attend but sent a video message.
The last congress was in 2012. Then Pope now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was not able to attend but sent a video message.
"Now, will the Pope come again for that? We hope. The Episcopal Conference has already invited him," he added.
In an address directed to the participants of the upcoming congress last September 2014, Pope Francis described the event as an "occasion to rediscover the faith as a source of Grace that brings joy and hope in personal, familial and social life."
"The 51st International Eucharistic Congress offers the opportunity to experience and comprehend the Eucharist as a transformative encounter with the Lord in his word and in his sacrifice of love, so that all may have life, and live in abundance," he said.
Pope Francis expected to fly back to The Vatican tomorrow morning after spending an entire week in Asia. —NB, GMA News
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