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The Eucharist is the strength of martyrs

Eucharist as the Strength of Martyrs
Pontifical Academy's Congress Focuses on a Sacramental Bond

ROME, NOV. 3, 2005 (Zenit.org).- A congress held for the close of the Year of the Eucharist pointed out the relationship that Church martyrs have always had with the sacrament of Jesus' real presence.

The Pontifical Academy of Devotion to Martyrs organized a day of study Oct. 27, at the Teutonic College of St. Mary in Camposanto, on the theme: "The Eucharist: Strength of Martyrs, Source of Christian Witness."

One of the congress's speakers, Monsignor Pasquale Iacobone, a member of the martyrs academy and an official of the secretariat of the Pontifical Council for Culture, spoke with ZENIT.

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posted by Dr. Denice Hanley, DPM, M.Div. @ 4:23 PM