When it comes to the famous “Bread of Life” discourse in chapter six of the Gospel of John, Catholics often argue that Jesus meant his words “eat my flesh” and “drink my blood” literally. This is in large part because he didn’t backtrack when confronted with the...
Many Protestants object that Jesus was using a metaphor when he taught his disciples: “Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.” Catholics say he wasn’t, so wouldn’t that make Catholics cannibals?...
CNN host Don Lemon took on the Vatican in a conversation with the women of The View. He explained that he doesn’t think God approves of the Catholic refusal to bless same-sex unions. I sat down with Cy Kellet for an episode of Catholic Answers Focus to talk about how...
The words of institution at the Last Supper—“this is my body…this is my blood”—have been cause for much debate over the centuries. Catholics say that with these words Jesus literally changed bread and wine into his body and blood. Protestants say he intended the bread...