Budapest Intl Eucharistic Congress to feature spiritual, cultural programmes

The International Eucharistic Congress (NEK) scheduled to be held in Budapest from Sept. 5 to 12 will feature holy masses, predications, and cultural and family programmes, the organisers said on Thursday. The congress's opening mass will be celebrated at Heroes' Square, Gabor Mohos, the head of the NEK secretariat, told a press conference. On Sept. 11, Cardinal Peter Erdo, the head of the Hungarian Catholic Church, will celebrate mass, followed by a procession to Heroes' Square, he said. Statio Orbis, the mass closing the Congress, will be celebrated by Pope Francis at Heroes' Square on Sept. 12.