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 ...

Both News-Times reports on the May 22 Catholic march referred to the Eucharist as symbolic. To say this is an immense understatement. This sacrament is the body, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ, a ...

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) — ...

EDITORIAL: Journeying together and encountering Christ are not opposing goals, but are interdependent — and unifying for the life of the Church. May we always have reverence for our Eucharistic Lord. ...

Since the reforms that followed the Second Vatican Council, the church has evinced a renewed interest (some might call it an obsession) with the language of the liturgy. The council fathers understood ...

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 ...