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January 25, 2016

International Eucharistic Congress

The International Eucharistic Congress opened in Cebu City in the central Philippines on Jan. 24. Some 12,000 delegates from at least 72 countries participated. The opening Mass was held at Cebu's Plaza Independencia Park.

The Philippines hosted the first eucharistic congress in Asia, which was attended by at least 1.5 million people, in 1937. A eucharistic congress is aimed at promoting an awareness of the central place of the Eucharist in the life and mission of the Catholic Church.

For more than 100 years, participants at eucharistic congresses gather for open-air celebrations of Masses, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, devotional ceremonies and rituals.

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