tl;dr: Catholic canon says that the cracker and wine literally become the actual flesh and blood of Jesus when they are “consecrated” (whatever the hell that means).
It’s even more bonkers that if you puke after communion, it un-tra substantiates and turns back into normal bread and wine. This is why we can never observe the magic.
read up on “transubstantiation” if you’re not familiar and want to know how absolutely fucking bonkers catholicism is, just like all religions
That happens in all Christian churches really, not just the Catlicks.
tl;dr: Catholic canon says that the cracker and wine literally become the actual flesh and blood of Jesus when they are “consecrated” (whatever the hell that means).
It’s even more bonkers that if you puke after communion, it un-tra substantiates and turns back into normal bread and wine. This is why we can never observe the magic.
Truly mysterious.