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 ...

Holy Communion is a bond to the community, as it is a union with Christ. When the Eucharist is brought to the home, the family should prepare a table with a cloth and a lighted candle.

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As part of the nominations process for the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the Church of England has launched a public consultation inviting input from around the Anglican Communion. The Archbishop of ...

The diocese estimates that 32 million people will come to Rome for the Holy Year, including over a million for the Youth Jubilee at the end of July and approximately 300,000 teenagers for their ...

O Holy Night was published in his magazine, Dwight's Journal of Music and quickly gained popularity with American audiences, especially in the North during the Civil War. 3. It was the first song ever ...