Q: Is it ever acceptable to say something other than "amen" when receiving Communion? Would "thank you," "he's alive" or even ...

COMMENTARY: The Holy Father’s words during the inflight press conference from Slovakia have to be read very closely, as he chooses them very carefully. Pope Francis speaks with journalists aboard an ...

Pope Francis has said there are “no other interpretations” of Amoris Laetitia other than one put forward by a group of Argentine bishops to admit some divorced and remarried Catholics, not necessarily ...

Where the rubrics of the Missal of Paul VI say nothing or say little in specific in some places, it is not therefore to be ...

Holy Communion, also known as the Lord’s Supper, is taken in remembrance of what our Savior our Lord Jesus Christ has done for us on the cross. The bread represents Jesus’ body that was scourged and ...

While the Christian faith calls for purity before one receives the sacrament of Holy Communion, the decision is left to the conscience of the believer as there is no definite way of enforcing the ...

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 ...

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 ...