The press office of the Holy See today published the Letter of the Holy Father, written in Latin, and addressed to the Special Envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress in the United States of America.
It should be noted that on May 18, Pope Francis had already appointed Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, as His Special Envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress of the United States, which will be held in Indianapolis from the 17th to the 21st of July.
Pontifical Mission
The Special Envoy will be accompanied by a Pontifical Mission composed, on this occasion, by priests Michael Fuller, secretary general of the Episcopal Conference, and Jorge Torres, secretary of the Episcopal Commission for Clergy, Religious Life and Vocations.
Below is the complete letter from the Holy Father:
On May 18, 2024, the Holy Father appointed the Most Eminent Card. Luis Antonio G. Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, as his Special Envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress of the United States, which will be held in Indianapolis from July 17 to 21, 2024.
The Special Envoy will be accompanied by a Pontifical Mission composed of the following ecclesiastics:
1. Rev. Fr. Michael Fuller, general secretary of the Episcopal Conference;
2. Rev. Don Jorge Torres, secretary of the Episcopal Commission for Clergy, Religious Life and Vocations.
We publish below the Letter from the Holy Father to the Special Envoy:
Letter from the Holy Father
Venerabili Fratri Nostro
ALOISIO ANTONIO G. S.R.E. Card. TAGLE
Dicasterii pro Evangelizatione Pro-Praefecto
Sacrosanctum Christi Corporis et Sanguinis mysterium ubique terrarum cunctas apud Ecclesias conspicuum usque obtinere locum pro certo habemus; iterum iterumque oculos Nostros figimus in eo, quo de multitudine miserationum Dei sperantes, a Deo poscimus per dies ut partem aliquam habeamus cum sanctis Apostolis et Martyribus in caelo natis (cfr Canon Romanus). Ex pane enim angelico, salienti quasi e fonte spiritalis salubritas beneficiorumque Domini copia affatim manant ac defluunt. Fideles autem ad caeleste convivium accedentes, supernis praesidiis roborati, suam operam in cotidianis officiis sustinendis fortius studiosiusque agere valent.
Quapropter pergratum fuit Nobis nuntium de Congressu Nationali Eucharistico in Foederatis Civitatibus Americae Septentrionalis nuper audiendum, quem multi participabunt Indianopoli inter dies XVII et XXI mensis Iulii insequentis. Petitione igitur accepta a Venerabili Fratre, Excellentissimo ac Reverendissimo Domino Timotheo Broglio, Archiepiscopo Ordinariatus Militaris necnon Conferentiae Episcoporum Foederatarum Civitatum Americae Septentrionalis Praeside, qua rogatur a Nobis ut aliquem Purpuratum Patrem mittamus personam Nostram gesturum. Ad te, Venerabilis Frater Noster, libenter decurrimus, quippe qui insigne servitium in Ecclesiae bono adimples utpote Pro-Praefectus Dicasterii pro Evangelizatione.
Etenim iustam hanc rogationem iudicantes, Te hisce Litteris Missum Extraordinarium NOSTRUM nominamus ad sollemnes celebrationes Congressus Nationalis Eucharistici Indianopoli dictis diebus habendas. Omnes quippe huius eventus participes adhortaberis ut, animis cum Iesu in Sacratissimo Sacramento nostrae Redemptionis coniunctis, universorum donorum ex cibo caelesti recipiendorum plene sint conscii eaque ceteris impertienda possint conferre.
Archiepiscopum Ordinariatus Militaris, sacros Praesules, cunctos fideles ibi congregatos, sacerdotes, religiosos viros mulieresque, publicas auctoritates et christifideles laicos Nostro salutabis nomine. Cohortationem ad Eucharistiae vehementiorem cultum ac simul omnibus participibus benevolentiam Nostram significabis. Nunc autem exoptamus ut fideles caelesti dape refecti feliciorem aetatem spiritalemque prosperitatem consequantur.
Instanti denique prece Omnipotentem Deum exoramus ut diligenter officium tibi concreditum expleas, quo ibidem pastores et christifideles multiplicibus gratiis a Domino ditentur. Caelestium verum donorum conciliatrix et nuntia esto Benedictio, quam tibi, Venerabilis Frater Noster, libentissime in Domino impertimur, quamque ad omnes congregatos effuse volumus pertinere.
Datum Romae, Laterani, die XXIX mensis Iunii, in sollemnitate Ss. Petri et Pauli, Apostolorum, anno MMXXIV, Pontificatus Nostri duodecimo.
FRANCISCUS
