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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissed Catholic bishops who do not believe she should receive Communion due to her views on abortion. "I think I can use my own judgment on that but I'm pleased with what ...

Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago is advocating for Catholic faithful to receive holy Communion standing — the normative posture established by the U.S. Catholic bishops — as part of a renewed ...

Bishop Michael Martin's letter has exposed divisions over liturgical authority, leadership style and worship practices. The ...

‘Since Christ is whole and entire in each of the Eucharistic species,’ says the Catechism, ‘anyone who has received either of the consecrated species has received Christ whole and entire.’ Pascal ...

In response to Raymond Mariano’s column of July 18, Catholics who do not follow the church’s laws and reject church teachings should not come forward to receive Holy Communion because they are not in ...

Catholic teaching sees the Eucharist as Christ's transformative sacrifice on the cross and this Holy Communion must only be received worthily. This teaching is not partisan, but it certainly applies ...

“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg is taking issue with San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone for barring House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) from receiving communion in her home diocese. On ...