For any Catholic to deny the Real Presence is “in a certain sense to deny Jesus”, US Bishop Daniel Jenky has said in a new teaching document (full text). Cardinal Walter Kasper advised the Pope on his letter to German Catholics, reports Lucas Wiegelmann (German text). Zambia’s bishops are launching a Catholic television station. George Weigel argues that the historical narrative that “modernity acts, Catholicism simply reacts” is wrong. Phil Lawler asks who benefits from talk of schism. Stephen Schmalhofer describes Henry James’s encounter with Michelangelo’s Pietà. And Bishop Robert Barron explains how he bluffed his way into Henri de Lubac’s funeral. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.