In the Gospels, Jesus holds up a piece of bread and says, “This is my body.” Since the 1st century, Catholic Christians have taken him at his word. Catholics believe that Jesus is really, truly, and substantially present – body, blood, soul, and divinity – in the Eucharist. And so, though we...
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The place is remote and hard to get to. Public transportation from the nearest major city can take up to 9 hours. Even if you drive yourself, you’re forced to navigate unmarked and unpaved roads. When you arrive, you may find long lines of anxious and tired travelers who...
You may have read about it already: it’s being reported that Justice Antonin Scalia was surrounded by members of a centuries-old secret society when he suddenly died in the middle of the night. Secret Society? Politically important death? No autopsy? You can imagine the fun conspiracy theorists can have...
When you think about abortion in the United States, you probably think of the Supreme Court’s 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade. But abortion had been a problem for long before then. The laws Roe v. Wade struck down had been enacted in the 19th century after the discovery...
