Contemporary · AD 2001–2100
The 21st-Century Witness to the Real Presence
From AD 2001 to 2100, 2 voices of the Church — St. John Paul II, and Pope Leo XIV — testified that Christ is truly present in the Eucharist. These are their primary-source words, with dates and sources.
St. John Paul II
20031920 – 2005 · Pope from 1978 to 2005
“The Church constantly draws her life from the redeeming sacrifice; she approaches it not only through faith-filled remembrance, but also through a real contact, since this sacrifice is made present ever anew, sacramentally perpetuated, in every community which offers it at the hands of the consecrated minister.”
Ecclesia de Eucharistia · Read more →
Pope Leo XIV
2025born 1955 · Pope, elected in 2025
“Through the Eucharist the Lord welcomes, sanctifies and blesses the bread and wine that we place on the altar, together with the offering of our lives, and he transforms them into the Body and Blood of Christ, the sacrifice of love for the salvation of the world. God unites himself to us by joyfully accepting what we bring, and he invites us to unite ourselves to him by likewise joyfully receiving and sharing his gift of love.”
X Post · Read more →