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For Catholics: As Catholics, we fully participate in the celebration of the Eucharist when we receive Holy Communion. In order to be properly disposed to receive communion, participants should not ...
At the same time, the Church draws on the words of Scripture in setting forth requirements for receiving Holy Communion. As St. Paul tells us, “Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the ...
SF archbishop bars Pelosi from receiving Holy Communion due to abortion support. Fox News Contributor Raymond Arroyo weighs in on 'Fox & Friends Weekend,' arguing that the move is an 'act of mercy ...
Since receiving Holy Communion surely makes us better Catholics, I would like Archbishop John J. Myers to explain how refraining from receiving Holy Communion will makes us dissenters better ...
Most Rev. Douglas Deshotel, bishop of Lafayette, clarified Tuesday morning how Catholics may receive the sacrament of Holy Communion. Meeting with a diocesan task force on the coronavirus, the ...
One by one they approach the priest with their hands stretched out before them.With near flawless motion, the children raise their hands, creating tiny “thrones” to receive the body of Christ, or ...
The Church previously issued a statement to clarify it was not banning gluten-free bread or non-alcoholic communion wine.
Kampala, Uganda, Feb 3, 2020 / 12:01 pm. The Archbishop of Kampala issued a decree Saturday on the proper celebration of the Eucharist, which forbade the reception of Holy Communion in the hand ...
Deciding who has the right to receive communion” (Commentary, April 23), by Brian Jordan, a Catholic priest in New York City. The presumption is that the reception of holy Communion is a right ...
Hymns played softly as a steady stream of members of St. Gregory Catholic Church in Phoenix walked slowly through the Gordon Hall to receive Holy Communion on Sunday.. The pastor of St. Gregory ...
Archbishop Lwanga wrote that “Henceforth, it is forbidden to distribute or to receive Holy Communion in the hands,” adding that the Code of Canon Law enjoins that the Eucharist be held in the ...