The International Eucharistic Congress returned to Budapest in 2021 after a 91-year gap — the city last hosted it in 1938, when Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli presided as papal legate just months before his election as Pius XII. The 2021 event was originally scheduled for 2020 but delayed by the pandemic, making it one of the few Congresses in the series' history to be postponed rather than cancelled outright.
Hungary's decision to issue a circulating commemorative rather than a collector-only piece reflects a deliberate choice to put the event into everyday hands.
The International Eucharistic Congress returned to Budapest in 2021 after a 91-year gap — the city last hosted it in 1938, when Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli presided as papal legate just months before his election as Pius XII. The 2021 event was originally scheduled for 2020 but delayed by the pandemic, making it one of the few Congresses in the series' history to be postponed rather than cancelled outright.
Hungary's decision to issue a circulating commemorative rather than a collector-only piece reflects a deliberate choice to put the event into everyday hands.