Q: When I was in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (commonly known as RCIA, now the Order of Christian Initiation of ...

A: It is true that a devout reception of holy Communion can forgive venial (less serious) sins. Like the Catechism of the ...

It changes you. You’ll always be nicer because Jesus is in you,” said Father Greg Ames of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 915 12th St., as he talked to the 50 children awaiting their First Holy Communion ...

Through my young-adult years, I frequented Holy Communion and regularly visited adoration chapels. When I started as a professor, I taught many classes on the mystery of the Mass.

Priests, prudence, politics: Why Joe Biden was refused Holy Communion at a Catholic Mass Nobody likes to exclude or be told "no." But the Catholic Church needs to be consistent about what Holy ...

The Church previously issued a statement to clarify it was not banning gluten-free bread or non-alcoholic communion wine.

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 ...

Holy Communion, which is also called the Eucharist and the Lord’s Supper, is a crucial part of worship for many in the Christian faith. It usually includes bread and wine — or wafers and grape ...

Susan Doty lined up Saturday to receive Holy Communion much as she’s done her entire life. The 81-year-old walked down the aisle of Englewood’s All Souls Catholic Parish, her hands ...

At an evening Mass in Frankfurt’s Imperial Cathedral of St. Bartholomew, the convention’s Protestant president, Bettina Limperg, received Holy Communion while her Catholic counterpart, Thomas ...