America Magazine: Most U.S. Catholics believe the Eucharist is just a symbol. The bishops want to change that.
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Va., carries the monstrance through the crowd for eucharistic adoration, . (CNS photo/Zoey Maraist, Arlington Catholic Herald) WASHINGTON (CNS) — ...
Most U.S. Catholics believe the Eucharist is just a symbol. The bishops want to change that.
Both News-Times reports on the May 22 Catholic march referred to the Eucharist as symbolic. To say this is an immense understatement. Through baptism, all Christians are united. The major difference ...
America Magazine: The Eucharist and controversy: History, theology and why we argue
The very title of Pope Saint John Paul II’s 2003 encyclical “Ecclesia de Eucharistia” (“The Church of the Eucharist”) tells us clearly that the Eucharist is at the heart of who we are as Catholics and ...
As the U.S. Bishops prepare to kick-off a three-year revival on devotion and belief in the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, I have been reflecting on how faithful Catholic education is ...
National Catholic Register: The Most Holy Eucharist is More Than a Symbol
Most people know the snippet of Flannery O’Connor’s defense of the Holy Eucharist, wherein she sat at a dinner party and said, “Well, if it’s a symbol, to hell with it.” The quote goes on further from ...
America Magazine: Explainer: Why the Eucharist is confusing for many Catholics (and survey researchers)
Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne, Germany, and Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich elevate the Eucharist during Mass in the cathedral in Fulda, Germany, on Sept. 23, 2014 (CNS photo/Jorg Loeffke, ...