Terry Mattingly
Columnist, On Religion at Freelance
Orthodox, husband, father, grandfather, journalist, homeless professor, music fanatic, mountain guy. Rational Sheep Substack. Pronouns: Thee, Thou
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19 hours ago |
kpcnews.com | Terry Mattingly
Theology news rarely sends shock waves through Catholic offices around the world, but this headline did: “Just one-third of U.S. Catholics agree with their church that Eucharist is body, blood of Christ.”The key word in that famous 2019 Pew Research Center survey was “transubstantiation,” which the report defined as the belief that the “bread and wine used for Communion become the body and blood of Jesus Christ.”It mattered, of course, whether the Catholics in this survey went to Mass.
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22 hours ago |
religionunplugged.com | Terry Mattingly
(ANALYSIS) The days after a pope's death are hectic, and it's a hard time for Vatican officials to examine complex, controversial documents. Nevertheless, the bishops of Germany announced — two days after Pope Francis died on April 21 — guidelines for handling blessings for same-sex couples and other “irregular” relationships.
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1 day ago |
tahlequahdailypress.com | Terry Mattingly
Theology news rarely sends shock waves through Catholic offices around the world, but this headline did: “Just one-third of U.S. Catholics agree with their church that Eucharist is body, blood of Christ.”The key word in that famous 2019 Pew Research Center survey was “transubstantiation,” which the report defined as the belief that the “bread and wine used for Communion become the body and blood of Jesus Christ.”kAmxE >2EE6C65[ @7 4@FCD6[ H96E96C E96 r2E9@=:4D :?
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2 days ago |
religionunplugged.com | Terry Mattingly
(ANALYSIS) Dear Protestant readers of Rational Sheep (and those in other non-Tiber tribes):Hang on. The global media storm surrounding the election of Pope Leo XIV will soon fade to some degree (until he wears a Chicago White Sox jersey or something like that). This post centers on the fact that the priest and bishop who is now pope has, in the past, offered some strong, insightful appeals for church leaders to face the realities of the digital age.
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3 days ago |
religionunplugged.com | Terry Mattingly
(ANALYSIS) There’s a good chance that you may have heard that the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics have a new shepherd. You may have heard this news because, to skilled religion writers (and wise editors who hire them) a papal election is the Godbeat Olympics. At the same time, the rest of the world views these transitions as political elections in which candidates wear spectacular vestments and talk too much about God.
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Here's an idea. In first US visit, #PopeLeoneXIV holds a pro-life rally and invites Mike Singletary as a guest speaker. That would be very Chicago. @Joeinblack https://t.co/niQaykO6OG
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