Two-Thirds Of US Catholics Deny Eucharistic Gifts Are Christ's Body, Blood
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They understand Holy Communion in a merely symbolic way, the Pew Research Center found (August 5).
In addition, 43% of Catholics have never heard about the doctrine of transubstantiation and believe that their symbolic understanding is also the Church's position.
Even among Catholics who attend Mass every Sunday, 37% don’t believe in transubstantiation. 23% of them do not even know that this teaching exists.
Among Catholics under age forty, only 26% believe in transubstantiation.
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