Next week the Church will celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. It is a time for us, as St. Thomas Aquinas wrote in 1263 for the first celebration of the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus, to ...

When it comes to religious milestones, the first Holy Communion is an important one in some Christian traditions. It usually happens when a child is around eight years old and in the springtime due to ...

Former Vice President Joseph Biden was denied Holy Communion at a parish in South Carolina last week due to his public support for abortion. This is apparently the policy of the bishop in South ...

Palm Sunday, 9:30a.m. We begin Holy Week by waving our palms and praising our Lord with “Hosannas to the King”.

Coronavirus concerns are surfacing among Catholics when it comes to receiving Holy Communion at Mass. In an email to priests, the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend says Bishop Kevin Rhodes and the ...

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is barred from receiving Holy Communion due to her pro-abortion stance -- marking an escalation in a ...

The archbishop of San Francisco said Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is Catholic, can no longer receive the sacrament of communion because she has declined to back down from her push for ...

A mother currently serving a prison sentence has asked that her child's upcoming First Holy Communion be deferred for one year so that she can attend.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the Sistine Chapel Choir sings, priests distribute Holy Communion across St. Peter's Square during the funeral of Pope Francis.

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 and reaffirmed that those "living in illicit ...