John Paul II plans to sign his forthcoming encyclical on the Eucharist during the Mass of the Lord’s Last Supper on Holy Thursday.

John Paul II plans to sign his forthcoming encyclical on the Eucharist during the Mass of the Lord’s Last Supper on Holy Thursday. The encyclical “is centered on the intrinsic value and importance for the Church of the sacrament that Jesus left us as a living memorial of his death and resurrection,” the Pope said.