Ecclesia de Eucharistia
February 23rd, 2007 By JohannaIn the ongoing conversation about the body and whether it belongs to the Individual or the Collective:
Here’s a 2005 video with Francis Cardinal Arinze elaborating on Pope John Paul II’s 2003 encyclical on the Eucharist, or Holy Communion. Consuming the body of Christ; contributing to the growth of the body of the Church… Part of a video podcast from this organization. Arinze is a controversial figure and responses to this could be wildly diverse and complicated. The only thing I’ll say is notice the transitions. Two conflicting interests: breaking for program identification and not interrupting the Cardinal…
Encyclical text here.