Hoping to offer a more nuanced look into the beliefs of U.S. Catholics, the CARA survey first asked an open-ended question about the Eucharist, avoiding words such as “symbol” and “real ...

Jesus Christ is truly present in the bread and wine of the Eucharist b. Bread and wine are symbols of Jesus, but Jesus is not truly present c. Not sure Regardless of the official teaching of ...

Flannery O'Connor on the Eucharist: "Well, if it's a symbol, to hell with it." But do Catholics really and truly believe that? A recent Pew Research Center survey finds that “most self-described ...