Cardinal Blase Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago, in a letter published this week in the archdiocesan newspaper, urged Catholics to stand while receiving Holy Communion and not make gestures that ...

German bishops have voted “overwhelmingly” in favour of producing a “guide” for Protestant spouses on reception of Holy Communion under certain conditions. At their spring conference in Ingolstadt, ...

Salvatore Cordileone, who barred Nancy Pelosi from Holy Communion over abortion rights, now joins the Vatican's highest court under Pope Leo XIV.

“What does it mean to receive Jesus in Holy Communion? It’s like Jesus is giving us a big hug, saying, ‘I love you so much. I want you to be close to me always,’” says Russell Pollitt, S.J., pastor of ...

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi has quietly turned to Rome to resolve her two-year-old dispute with the San Francisco archbishop over her receiving Holy Communion. Pelosi for the first time has revealed ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed the archbishop who has denied former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., communion to the Vatican’s highest court while enabling him to continue serving in his ...

Have the “wafer wars” returned? The recent news that former Vice President (and current presidential candidate) Joseph R. Biden was denied Communion at a Catholic church in South Carolina suggests ...

Like nearly everybody else on the planet, I have been preoccupied with, concerned about and focused on the novel coronavirus pandemic over the last few weeks. It seems that every hour new information ...

Holy Communion season is almost upon us, and, unfortunately, for some, the competition is firing up. As a mother whose child celebrated her Holy Communion recently, you can take advantage of my wisdom ...

Pope Francis is scheduled to celebrate Mass on an enormous scale Sunday, with 2 million people expected to gather on a mile-long parkway in downtown Philadelphia. And nearly 1,500 priests and deacons ...

Prior to Nellie Organ's death, the average age at which children received First Holy Communion was 12; after Nellie, it was seven. A story reported from MGS Prayers tells the miraculous tale of Nellie ...