Vatican City, 30 May 2016 – In a letter published today, written in Latin, the Pope appoints Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, as his special envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress of Portugal, to be held in Fatima from 10 to 12 June.

The mission accompanying the cardinal will be composed of: Rev. Carlos Manuel Pedrosa Cabecinhas, rector of the Shrine of Fatima, and Fr. Manuel Joaquim Gomes Barbosa, S.C.I., secretary of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference.