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.

The Vatican announced that Pope Francis's health has slightly improved. The head of the Catholic Church has been in the ...

She kneaded the dough of cruel words,balled it into twelve,smoothened each with a stroke of ghee,and spanked hard on the one ...

One of the many fruits of the Second Vatican Council was a much stronger emphasis on the inspired word of God within the ...

The Vatican announced that Pope Francis's health has slightly improved. The head of the Catholic Church has been in the ...

As Pope Francis, the oldest pope in over a century, continues to decline in health, speculation is percolating as to who will ...

Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...

The Vatican says that Pope Francis’ clinical condition is “improving slightly,” adding that he went about his work activities ...

A conservative, Erdo has previously opposed the practice of divorced or remarried Catholics receiving Holy Communion due to the doctrinal belief in the insolubility of marriage. Erdo has also been ...

Francis also received Holy Communion. The pope offered thanks for those who “continue to pray for him.” Daniel Culver, chairman of pulmonary medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, said an 88-year ...