Renewed energy to build a just and reconciled world

Today, the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone sent a message in the name of the Holy Father to the faithful who are participating in the IV National Eucharistic Congress in Costa Rica, being held in the city of Cartago from April 14 to 21.  The theme of this National Eucharistic Congress is The Eucharist: bread of life for our people.

The Holy Father's greeting, originally written in Spanish, was shared with the participants by his official representative, Archbishop Piero Marini, President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses, who is present in Cartago for the Conference.

Message of the Holy Father, Pope Francis

to the delegates participating in the

IV National Eucharistic Congress in Cartago, Costa Rica

The Holy Father, Pope Francis is pleased to convey a cordial greeting to the organizers of and the participants in the National Eucharistic Congress, convoked upon the theme of The Eucharist: bread of life for our people.

On this occision, His Holiness invites all the participants to intensify their lives of prayer, making the Eucharist the true centre of Christian communities where praise and thanksgiving are motivated by renewed commitment to evangelization and ecclesial communion.  May all the baptised draw renewed spiritual energy from the Blessed Sacrament in order to build a world that is increasingly just and reconciled, according to the will of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

With these sentiments, the Supreme Pontiff confides to the loving care of Our Lady of the Angels, all the pastors and faithful who are on pilgrimage toward the Father's House in Costa Rica, and as a sign of abundant divine gifts, he affectionately imparts the desired Apostolic Blessing.

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone

The Holy Father's Secretary of State