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 ...

Many Catholics, perhaps especially among the clergy, continue to be dismayed by the 1994 New York Times survey, according to which over half the Catholics who attend Mass weekly said that they ...

WASHINGTON — After a recent survey found that two-thirds of Catholics do not believe Church teaching about the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, Catholic commenters are stressing the ...

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 ...

On Sunday Pope Francis said that the Eucharist is no mere symbol, but is in fact the true body and blood of Jesus Christ, which has the ability to transform our hearts and minds to be more like him.

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Va., carries the monstrance through the crowd for eucharistic adoration, June 26, 2021. (CNS photo/Zoey Maraist, Arlington Catholic Herald) WASHINGTON (CNS) — ...

This sacrament is the body, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ, a continuation of the one-time sacrifice at the Last Supper. Through baptism, all Christians are united. The major difference is the ...