Tradition and Truth: Why Reverence Strengthens Eucharistic Faith

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A newly published study in the Catholic Social Science Review has provided empirical evidence for a reality that Catholics through the centuries have instinctively known: reverent worship deepens faith. Natalie A. Lindemann, a psychologist at William Paterson University, surveyed over 800 American Catholics and discovered that traditional parish practices strongly predict belief in the Real…

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