NEW YORK — In what the head of the American bishops conference is calling a “gift,” Filipino Cardinal Luis Tagle will serve as Pope Francis’s special envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress this summer.
According to a May 18 announcement, Tagle, who holds a prominent role in the Holy See’s Dicastery for Evangelization, will not only visit the Congress but celebrate its closing Mass on July 21.
“[Tagle’s appointment is a] gift to the Eucharistic Congress,” Archbishop...