Publisher Scott Richert writes that this work we’re called to do is about more than genuflecting as we enter the pew: “Disposing of our imaginations to perceive the reality of Christ’s sacrifice made present for us once again, here and now, in
The Holy Spirit invites the faithful to share in God's love and to make the church a loving home whose door is open to everyone, Pope Francis said.
"Our God is a communion of love: and this is how Jesus revealed him to
Peggy Weber shares the sweet story of how joyful her granddaughter was in receiving the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist on the day of her first Communion — and second Communion, and third. … “Cordelia’s joy has not waned,” Weber
Divine Mercy Sunday opens the "floodgates of mercy" for all through the sacraments of confession and holy Communion, said a priest renowned for promoting the liturgical feast and its accompanying devotion.
"A soul that's been to confession and receives holy Communion (on that
A reader asks: “If a priest, whose hands are consecrated, should wash after communion, why not request the same to laymen who communicate on the hand?” In his latest column, Monsignor Charles Pope tackles this question: “There is something worth considering here,
A reader asks: “One of our seminarians was told by the rector that the reception of holy Communion in the hand is the norm set down in the United States and that it is ‘only by concession to receive on the tongue.’
A reader asks: “Is it proper for a Catholic to attend Mass but respectfully not take part in Communion? I have heard it stated metaphorically that it would be similar to going to a restaurant but not eating. Would attendance be proper
In the latest installment of his series exploring the gifts and promises of the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council, Notre Dame professor Timothy O’Malley weighs in on a subject that draws strong opinions from both sides: how we receive the
In a June 6 open letter, the Catholic bishops of Colorado asked those Catholic legislators "who live or worship in the state" and voted for Colorado's Reproductive Health Equity Act "to voluntarily refrain from receiving holy Communion."
They urged this action "until public
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone has announced that he would bar Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi from receiving holy Communion in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, saying that her public advocacy of abortion constitutes a mortal sin and a scandal within the