A. The Holy Eucharist is the Sacrament which contains the body and blood, soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ under the appearances of bread and wine. Q. 871. What do we mean when we say ...

Father David Medow knows what he is. Father of two children. Husband to June, his wife of 46 years. And a Catholic priest. All that makes Medow one more thing: "A curiosity." That's certainly how the ...

Keywords: church teaching on the eucharist holy thursday eucharist Jack Figge Jack Figge is a freelance journalist covering the Catholic Church. He is a political science and theology student in ...

Stany Bantwal Mangaluru, May 5: On Sunday, May 4, 2025, during the 4:00 p.m. Solemn Mass, 37 Angels of St Lawrence Church & ...

most especially of the Eucharist: You ask how the bread becomes the Body of Christ, and the wine . . . the Blood of Christ I shall tell you: the Holy Spirit comes upon them and accomplishes what ...

As a convert of the Eucharistic Revival, I pray that the next Pope chooses to lead with the message of the greatest treasure of the Church, Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, who alone can bring the ...

But this afternoon, white smoke finally emerged from the Sistine Chapel signaling that a new pope had been selected, and an hour or so later it was revealed that Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected ...

Holy Thursday, or Maundy Thursday, is the Thursday before Easter, observed to commemorate Jesus Christ's institution of the Eucharist during the Last Supper. Florida woman killed in alligator ...

Joseph W. Tobin said there is a desire 'to have continuity' with the papacy of Pope Francis, but not an 'exact' replica ...

Ultimately, the pope is not the point. Jesus Christ is. It’s a case that Cardinal Gerhard Müller made powerfully in an ...

With respect to receiving the sacrament of penance, Canon 989 tells us that: "All the faithful who have reached the age of discretion are bound faithfully to confess their grave sins at least once a ...

It also marks the institution of the eucharist, or holy communion. "We have the Holy Thursday celebration, which is very joyful and grateful, but it ends in a very somber tone," said Father Chuck ...