Synod participant praises Pope Benedict's document on Eucharist

Published: 2007-03-15

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI's post-synodal exhortation on the Eucharist reminds Catholics that "the Eucharist is a mystery to be believed and to be celebrated and to be lived," said Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl, one of four representatives of the U.S. bishops at the 2005 world Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist. "He (the pope) tells us that we need to reflect on the Eucharist in terms of how we experience and live out the Eucharist in our lives," Archbishop Wuerl told the Catholic Standard, Washington archdiocesan newspaper, March 13. He made the comments shortly after the Vatican released the apostolic exhortation, "Sacramentum Caritatis" ("The Sacrament of Charity"). Archbishop Wuerl was bishop of Pittsburgh when he was elected to represent the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at the synod on the Eucharist. He was chosen as a relator, or recording secretary, for one of the 12 discussion groups. Later, he was elected to serve on a council that prepared the draft text of the exhortation.

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