The sacrament of the Eucharist, sometimes referred to as Holy Communion, is steeped in tradition. One such tradition concerns the bread used during the administration of the sacrament. The bread used ...

SCRIPTURES & ART: Peter Paul Rubens’ “Last Supper” painting imparts key lessons for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi Peter Paul Rubens, “The Last Supper,” ca. 1632 (photo: Public Domain) John ...

Elevation of the consecrated host at Mass depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Anthony's Church in North Beach, Md. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) What is the Eucharist? Who may and may not receive the ...

The Sunday Gospels for the past two weeks have focused on Jesus’ multiplication of the loaves and the meaning of that sign. Jesus wants to get his listeners beyond their mere sensual and temporal ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The biannual U.S. Catholic bishops’ meeting received more than its usual attention this June due to one particular item on its agenda: a proposed document on the Sacrament of the ...

She had missed the party, so I brought her a piece of cake. That is what we do, is it not? Who does not want a piece of cake? And bringing back a slice is a way of saying that someone was missed at ...

What makes our bishops think they own the Eucharist? While the question may sound flip, this is something I have been pondering in the weeks leading up to the November meeting of the U.S. Conference ...

It has hardly been a year since the conclusion of the Year of the Rosary and we have yet again another initiative of the Holy Father: The Year of the Eucharist (October 2004 – October 2005). The ...

Priests have a duty to remind Catholics not to receive the Eucharist in a state of serious sin and to make confession easily available, a Nigerian cardinal said at the International Eucharistic ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — What Catholics believe is ...