By receiving the Eucharist at Mass, Christians are given Christ's same spirit and a taste of eternal life, Pope Francis has said.
"Every time that we participate in the Holy Mass, we hasten heaven on earth in a certain sense because from the eucharistic food – the body and blood of Christ – we learn what eternal life is," the Pope said during his Angelus address.
After praying the Angelus prayer with pilgrims in St Peter's Square, the Pope led them in praying for the victims of massive flooding caused by monsoon rains in the Indian state of Kerala.
