Only 26% of Irish Catholics believe in transubstantiation

[Rev. Rye]

There's hope for Ireland yet.

Now we can finally start finding actual uses for church buildings, and hopefully later mosques and synagogues.

I propose shelters and skill centres for the homeless.

Maybe some people will start converting churches into music venues. Boy, it'll be so fine and laid-back and mellow and profitable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgc-_pzzz00

And just for the record, here is an excerpt from a list of Catholic Dogmas, with the excerpts regarding Transsubstantiation:

The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist
The Fact of the Real Presence of Christ
The Body and Blood of Jesus Christ are truly, really and substantially present in the Eucharist. (De fide.)

The Effecting of Christ's Real Presence, or the Transubstantiation
Christ becomes present in the Sacrament of the Altar by the transformation of the whole substance of the bread into His Body and the whole substance of the wine into His Blood. (De fide.)
The Accidents of bread and wine continue after the change of the substance. (De fide.)
The Sacramental Accidents retain their physical reality after the change of the substance. (Sent. certa.)
The Sacramental Accidents continue without a subject in which to inhere. (Sent. certa.)

Nature and Manner of the Real Presence of Christ
The Body and the Blood of Christ together with His Soul and His Divinity and therefore the Whole Christ are truly present in the Eucharist (De fide.)
The Whole Christ is present under each of the two Species. (De fide.)
When either consecrated species is divided the Whole Christ is present in each part of the species. (De fide.)
After the Consecration has been completed the Body and Blood are permanently present in the Eucharist. (De fide.)
The Worship of Adoration (latria) must be given to Christ present in the Eucharist. (De fide.)

The Blessed Eucharist and Human Reason
The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist is a mystery of Faith. (Sent. certa.)

The ones marked "De Fide" are considered an essential part of Catholic faith. Denial of them is heresy.

Sent. Certa ones are merely deduced from revelation.