The 2019 Pew report that disclosed the pathetic state of American Catholic understanding of the Eucharist should have been a wake-up call for the American hierarchy. Two years after that report came ...

The first Christian leader of any historical importance to deny the Real Presence in the Eucharist was Huldreich Zwingli (1484-1531), the Swiss Protestant leader. Zwingli wrote: And how can we say ...

[Editor’s Note: Brett Salkeld is Archdiocesan Theologian for the Archdiocese of Regina in Canada. He is responsible for deacon formation. His latest book, Transubstantiation: Theology, History, and ...

The questioning spirit of aggiornamento begun by Pope John, having opened up discussion on such long-settled issues as clerical celibacy and birth control, is now turning toward another and even more ...

The Last Supper depicted by Spanish painter Joan de Joanes (1510–1579)(Wikimedia Commons/museodelprado.es) Transubstantiation, the Catholic belief that communion wafers and wine become the body and ...

Sir, – In his Unthinkable column, Joe Humphreys expresses surprise that this year’s census indicates that there is a “10 per cent drop in the number of people identifying as Roman Catholics” (“Lessons ...

Sir, - Kevin Myers gives a weird account of the doctrine of transubstantiation (An Irishman's Diary, August 7th). As he puts it, "during the consecration the host becomes the body of Jesus Christ. . .

The Last Supper depicted by Spanish painter Joan de Joanes (1510–1579)(Wikimedia Commons/museodelprado.es) Transubstantiation, the Catholic belief that communion wafers and wine become the body and ...