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A new survey shows that Catholics are more likely to profess belief in guardian angels than belief in the Catholic doctrine of the Eucharist.
A new survey shows that Catholics are more likely to profess belief in guardian angels than belief in the Catholic doctrine of the Eucharist. The results are both a challenge and an opportunity to grow in faith, commentators say.
“The more you draw close to the angels, the more they will draw you to the Eucharist,” Father Wolfgang Seitz, of the Order of the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross, told CNA. “If devotion to angels would increase, devotion to the Eucharist would also increase,” said Father Seitz, who has been a priest for 20 years.
Father Seitz is secretary of the Opus Sanctorum Angelorum, an Ohio-based international Catholic movement that promotes devotion to the angels. It is directed by the priests of the Order of the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross.
His comments came in response to a new survey of Catholic voters that shows apparent inconsistencies in their approach to Catholic doctrine.
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EWTN News Poll: US Catholics Have Strong Belief in Angels, but Eucharistic Devotion Lags
A new survey shows that Catholics are more likely to profess belief in guardian angels than belief in the Catholic doctrine of the Eucharist. The results are both a challenge and an opportunity to grow in faith, commentators say.
“The more you draw close to the angels, the more they will draw you to the Eucharist,” Father Wolfgang Seitz, of the Order of the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross, told CNA. “If devotion to angels would increase, devotion to the Eucharist would also increase,” said Father Seitz, who has been a priest for 20 years.
Father Seitz is secretary of the Opus Sanctorum Angelorum, an Ohio-based international Catholic movement that promotes devotion to the angels. It is directed by the priests of the Order of the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross.
His comments came in response to a new survey of Catholic voters that shows apparent inconsistencies in their approach to Catholic doctrine.
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EWTN News Poll: US Catholics Have Strong Belief in Angels, but Eucharistic Devotion Lags
