IT’s quite an honor and a large blessing for us Filipinos that the Roman Catholic Church’s 51st International Eucharistic Congress, which starts today and ends on January 31, is being held in Cebu.

This is the second time the Philippines is the venue of such an important event in the Church. The 33rd International Eucharistic Congress was held in Manila, from February 3 to 7, in 1937, when the Holy Father was Pope Pius XI. It was the first IEC in Asia.

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