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Messages from the world – Extraordinary pre-meeting in the spirit of the IEC.

The organisers of the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) that has been postponed for next September are working on to have an online pre-meeting.

One of the IEC guest speakers, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, President of the COMECE (Commission of the Bishop’s Conferences of the European Union), on the renewed evangelization of Europe.

The mathematician Jean-Luc Moens, also amongst the IEC guest speakers, considers that evangelizing is like parachuting.

Faithful have been called for common prayer by Nigeria’s Catholic Bishops.

Johannes Hartl, one of the IEC guest speakers, once found God and the Church quite boring issues. Nowadays he passionately preaches the gospel.

One of the IEC guest speakers, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, was received by the new Prime Minister of Iraq

Cardinal Orani Tempesta, one of the IEC guest speakers celebrated the Holy Masses at the foot of Rio de Janeiro’s iconic statue, Christ the Redeemer that were serving to pay a tribute to the pandemic victims.

People should be taken care for both within and outside the walls of the churches – said the Archbishop of Québec.