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Majority of Filipinos believe Holy Eucharist is 'actual body and blood of Christ': survey

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Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/06/03/20140101-covid-prayer-manila-cathedral-gc-6761.jpg"/><figcaption>Manila Apostolic administrator Broderick Pabillo leads the celebration of the Holy Mass inside the Manila Cathedral on May 8, 2021. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA— Majority of Filipino Catholics believe that the Holy Eucharist is &quot;the actual body and blood&quot; of Jesus Christ and not just a representation, a recent survey conducted by Church-run Radio Veritas found.</p><p>The Veritas Truth Survey found that 97 percent of its respondents &quot;do believe that the Holy Eucharist&quot; — the ceremony that commemorates the Last Supper, in which the bread and wine are consecrated and consumed — &quot;is indeed the real body and blood of Christ and not just symbolical.&quot;</p><p>Two percent said they do not believe the Holy Eucharist is Christ&#x27;s body and blood, &quot;implying that it is merely depictive of the real body and blood,&quot; while the remaining 1 percent are undecided, based on the survey.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/06/03/survey.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Radio Veritas</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Bro. Clifford Sorita, head of the Veritas Truth Society, said the survey&#x27;s results show the deep belief of Filipinos towards Transubstantiation or the idea that during the Mass, the bread and wine used for Communion transform into Christ&#x27;s body and blood.</p><p>He said the result of the survey is &quot;significant because that is a core belief for the Catholic Faith.&quot;</p><p>The survey, which used a stratified sample of 1,200 respondents nationwide with a +/- 3-percent margin of error, was conducted from April 25 to May 25.</p><p>It was part of a series of surveys in celebration of the 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines, a predominantly Catholic country where some 80 percent of the population belong to the faith.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/04/21/pope-francis-joins-filipinos-in-celebrating-500th-anniversary-of-catholicism-in-ph">Pope Francis joins Filipinos in celebrating 500th anniversary of Catholicism in PH</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/04/21/ano-ang-dapat-isaayos-sa-misa-sound-system-tugon-ng-karamihan-survey">Ano ang dapat isaayos sa Misa? Sound system, tugon ng karamihan— survey</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1661488" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Majority of Filipino Catholics believe that the Holy Eucharist is the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ, and not just a representation, according to a recent survey conducted by Church-run Radio Veritas.</p>

Majority of Filipino Catholics believe that the Holy Eucharist is the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ, and not just a representation, according to a recent survey conducted by Church-run Radio Veritas.

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Majority of Filipinos believe Holy Eucharist is 'actual body and blood of Christ': survey

Jaehwa Bernardo,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 03, 2021 04:51 PM PHT

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Updated June 03, 2021 04:55 PM PHT

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