El Legado Pontificio para el 53° Congreso Eucarístico Internacional, Cardenal Baltazar Porras Cardozo mencionó con gran alegría que, al otro lado del mundo, el Papa Francisco fortalece lazos de fraternidad, a propósito de su visita a Asia, y en Quito-Ecuador, mientras que en Ecuador se profundiza el tema “Fraternidad para sanar el mundo”. Así lo […]

Con un cálido saludo a los participantes en el Simposio Teológico Internacional, a las autoridades eclesiásticas de la Arquidiócesis de Quito, el Cardenal Pedro Barreto preside la Eucaristía, en la Mitad del Mundo. Previamente se realizó una procesión solemne con todos los concelebrantes, desde la capilla de la ciudad Mitad del Mundo, hacia el altar […]

International delegations have begun arriving in Quito for the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress, which will take place in the city from September 8th to 15th. One of the first delegations already in Ecuador is from Australia, consisting of over 40 participants, including bishops, priests, religious, and laypeople, all eager to experience a profound journey of […]

The city of Quito is once again becoming a Eucharistic city, just days before the start of the Theological Symposium and a week away from the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress “Fraternity to Heal the World.” On Monday, September 2nd, the official delegation from the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses arrived in Quito, where they […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]