Ecclesia de eucharistia

In the Encyclical Ecclesia de eucharistia in 2003 Pope John Paul II emphasizes the celebration of the Eucharist as the central mystery of the faith of the Catholic Church. A common communion between Catholics and Protestants was not possible due to the different understanding of the Eucharist.

In his encyclical, the Pope points to the establishment of a liturgical commission and announces issue an instruction on the liturgy and the Eucharist, which will prepared by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

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