For in the holy Eucharist, the Catechism of the Catholic ... on the first Sunday of Advent, let us take this opportunity to reflect on the manner in which we receive our Lord in holy Communion.

During a Mass on Jan. 31, 2025 at St. Mary’s Church in Rockville, Sophie Durandal, a fifth grader at St. Mary’s School, ...

The Church of England has officially affirmed that non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used as substitutes ...

Every year, thousands of seven and eight year-olds across the UK take their First Holy Communion - an important rite of passage in the Catholic Church. Read more: TV shows and movies filmed in NI to ...

Q: I have been hearing that the "norm" in the United States is to receive Communion standing. Does this mean that people who try to kneel for Communion are breaking canon law? (Florida) A: You are ...

Communion can be distributed “under the form of wine alone in a case of necessity,” but many parishes have opted for the ...

“First, that bread made with wheat and the fermented juice of the grape are the elements to be consecrated in holy communion; and second, that receiving holy communion in one kind in a case of n ...