Discussion about the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist often leads to questions about how to receive Holy Communion. When I became a Catholic years ago, I was lost as to why I was told by my deacon to ...

It is unclear whether reception of the Eucharist in the hand has been formally permitted in Uganda, or has existed as a custom. A priest offers communion to a parishioner during Mass in an African ...

The eucharistic perpetual adoration chapel at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore is seen April 12, 2021. (Credit: Kevin J. Parks/Catholic ...

Father John C. Maria raises the Eucharist over the altar at the Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena in Allentown, Pa., March 9, 2020. According to Catholic teaching, the bread and wine, upon ...

What makes our bishops think they own the Eucharist? While the question may sound flip, this is something I have been pondering in the weeks leading up to the November meeting of the U.S. Conference ...

A concerted national effort to rekindle Catholics’ passion for the Holy Eucharist will get an areawide boost next month with a diocesan-planned evening at the Cajundome Convention Center that will ...

If you hear about a place where the purest and most precious gem is given free of charge, and you can come daily and get as many gems as you want, will you come, as fast as you can, every day? In the ...

President Joe Biden speaks about the mass shooting in Colorado from the White House in Washington March 23, 2021. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters) The parish council at Holy Trinity Catholic Church ...

The Archbishop of Kampala issued a decree Saturday on the proper celebration of the Eucharist, which forbade the reception of Holy Communion in the hand and reaffirmed that those "living in illicit ...