[SoothingDave]

Can you even imagine a "context" in which you would agree with the statement "To go to church on the ground that one can visit God who is present there is a senseless act which modern man rightfully rejects"?

Sure, can't you?

If someone is so feeble minded that they think the only place God is present is in the Tabernacle in the local church, for example.

[armydoc]

If someone is so feeble minded that they think the only place God is present is in the Tabernacle in the local church, for example.

There's nothing to suggest that Ratzinger's statement was addressing your scenerio (the denial of omnipresence). Rather, it is clear he was attacking the concept that God is present in a "locally confined way" in the Eucharist. Isn't that the whole point of the Real Presence? Isn't God present in the Eucharist in a "locally confined way" that differs from His presence in the rest of His creation? Is not Eucharistic Adoration a literal "visit with God"?

[Alex Murphy]

If someone is so feeble minded that they think the only place God is present is in the Tabernacle in the local church, for example.

"This is an extreme violation of the basis of our entire Catholic faith," Larry Prunty, who serves as chairman of the parish council, said Monday. "Without the tabernacle, our church is empty. They have taken the body of Christ from our church."

Tabernacle stolen from West Va. church