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*Image: The Defenders of the Eucharist by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1625 [Museo del Prado, Madrid]. The defenders are seven saints: Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, Claire of Assisi, Thomas Aquinas, Norbert, and Jerome.

By David Warren, The Catholic Thing, Dec. 1, 2023

David Warren is a former editor of the Idler magazine and columnist in Canadian newspapers. He has extensive experience in the Near and Far East. His blog,

Note: David Warren’s observations today remind us that not only do we have struggles over particular issues inside and outside the Church. We even have a huge educational task ahead: teaching people who claim to be Catholic — and perhaps even aspire to be faithfully so — what the Church stands for. And why. At The Catholic Thing, we try to address that whole range of challenges. Please help. The time to act is now. — Robert Royal

Even before the Batflu lockdowns, which began in 2020, a desolation in the Catholic Church had become apparent.

Although statistics must necessarily be inadequate to convey it, we can get a vague glimpse through the surveys. What, we wonder, do Catholics “really” believe?

I say vague because we can’t ask simply who believes and who does not believe what they have been taught. For one thing emerges from the research rather clearly: that “modern” Roman Catholics aren’t taught very well.

This works both ways. Those who don’t go to church don’t learn what is taught, and those who haven’t been taught don’t go to church. But we can’t realistically compare the worlds of past ages. We have only romantic or cynical impressions. …

Are Catholics Catholic? by David Warren

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By David Warren, The Catholic Thing, Dec. 1, 2023

Even before the Batflu lockdowns, which began in 2020, a desolation in the Catholic Church had become apparent.

Although statistics must necessarily be inadequate to convey it, we can get a vague glimpse through the surveys. What, we wonder, do Catholics “really” believe?

I say vague because we can’t ask simply who believes and who does not believe what they have been taught. For one thing emerges from the research rather clearly: that “modern” Roman Catholics aren’t taught very well.

This works both ways. Those who don’t go to church don’t learn what is taught, and those who haven’t been taught don’t go to church. But we can’t realistically compare the worlds of past ages. We have only romantic or cynical impressions. …

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