"Just one-third of U.S. Catholics agree ... that Eucharist is body, blood of Christ"- PEW Research Center

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The problems are obvious. The Catholic News forum receives yet another sad article. šŸ˜­
Closing prayer for the sadness:
Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy.
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her Glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints. Amen.
 
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The URL had 2019/08/05 in it. I assume that means August 5th, 2019, and thus is not the same one from several weeks ago. This would be opposed to May 8th, 2019 of which it would already be covered by users on this forum.
 
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Later we wonder why Catholicism is declining in moral discipline and standards.
 
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This survey has already been posted about multiple times, including once earlier today by someone else and about 4 times previously.
 
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These surveys always make me question how correct they are and only those who are into statistics could tell me. šŸ¤” All I know is they never knock on my door to ask me what I think. How many of you were asked this question. Letā€™s take a survey. šŸ¤­
 
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We can use this as a fake news report.

The headline is wrong. The report saysā€œHalf of Catholics in the United States (50%) correctly answer a question about official church teachings on transubstantiationā€¦ā€ The headline is probably misreading that 1/3 of all respondents get that question right.

The question on the Eucharist is wrong as well.
Which is the Catholic teaching about bread and wine in Communion?
They become actual body and blood of Christ
they are symbols of the body and blood of Christ
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Both of these are correct answers, so everyone actually gave a correct answer. A modifier like ā€œjustā€ or ā€œmereā€ for symbols would make the 2nd answer wrong, and the text of the report includes that. But the question asked did not include it. That also explains why 2/3 of all respondents gave the supposedly wrong answer; a little knowledge of sacramental theology would tell you that sacraments are signs that signify, which most people understand as synonymous with symbol.

100% of respondents gave a correct answer, because both choices were correct.

[This was discussed in detail in the late medieval period, with distinctions made for sacramentum, the sign, res, the thing signified, res et sacramentum, the combination, the res tantum, and more.]

[As the Catechism says ā€œthe sacraments are perceptible signs (words and actions) accessible to our human nature. By the action of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit they make present efficaciously the grace that they signify.ā€ The grace that is made present is the grace that the signs symbolize. If they are not symbols, there is no grace to make present.]
 
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And a timely video from Bishop BarrĆ³n on this studyā€¦

 
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The vast majority of Catholics I know are aware of Church teaching but doubt or reject it. This includes the eucharist. Most can give a correct definition but many in our religious ed classes doubt it.
 
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Dear @camoderator, following the prior statement from @Tis_Bearself I assume this thread should be locked.

Sorry about the inconvenience, I thought I found a unique thing this time around. Thank you for everything you do.
 
Maybe the moderator can merge it into the ongoing Pew Research thread, like he did yesterday with the thread on this same survey that someone else started a few hours after this one began.
 
This is sad. We need more evangelization from our very own. I barely hear homilies on the Real presence. Not many people look to gain knowledge of our faith. We need lots of prayer and fasting. And I am not one who fasts.
 
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