CV NEWS FEED // The Holy Father has sent a letter to Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pro-prefect of the Dicastery of Evangelization at the Vatican, officially announcing him as papal delegate to the National Eucharistic Congress.
The letter stated that Cardinal Tagle’s appointment as envoy for the event was a response to the request from Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Archbishop of the Military Ordinariate.
Cardinal Tagle “will exhort all participants in this event that, united in spirit with Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament of our Redemption, they may be fully aware of the universal gifts received from the heavenly food and may be able to share them with others.”
In Pope Francis’s name, the Cardinal will also “greet the Archbishop of the Military Ordinariate, the holy Prelates, all the faithful gathered there, priests, religious men and women, public authorities, and lay faithful,” and thereby convey “encouragement for a more fervent devotion to the Eucharist and also Our benevolence to all participants.”
According to his biography on the Vatican’s website, Cardinal Tagle is Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization. The Filipino cardinal was ordained as a priest in 1982 and received his doctorate in systematic theology from Catholic University of America in 1991. He was ordained as Bishop of Imus, Philippines, in 2011. Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed him as Cardinal in 2012.
