The 53rd International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador began in a very striking way: with 1,600 children making their First Communion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 20,000 people from all over the world came to the Bicentennial Park in the capital city to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pope Francis also delivered a video message before setting out on his trip to Oceania and Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POPE FRANCIS Altogether, there are more than 50 delegations from around the world present in Ecuador. Some, like the delegation from Australia, have traveled a long way to be here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The journey was incredible. We are such a far, far distance from this place, but I knew in my heart that it was worth taking that journey. And I know I'm going to get so much from it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n It's long, tiresome, but at the same time, we've got a wonderful group of people we're traveling with through Mexico as well, Our Lady of Guadalupe. It's been a wonderful experience just traveling together, getting tired together, getting excited together. And just the whole joy of that group has been wonderful.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Throughout the week, participants will pray alongside other Church representatives from around the world. They will reflect on the value of the Eucharist today and also discuss present-day world challenges: from migration to war. The Vatican will be present with representatives or envoys from different departments: from the Dicastery for Evangelization to the Pontifical Council for Latin America and the Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n JRB More than 20,000 people from all over the world came to Quito, Ecuador to celebrate the First Communion Mass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":71138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,153],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hRxLqelEfVU","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/baperturacongressoquitoeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/baperturacongressoquitoint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71141"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71143,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71141\/revisions\/71143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/strong>I am happy to be able to participate, albeit from a distance, in this International Eucharistic Congress, which is being held in the city of San Francisco de Quito.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
TR: KG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"