If Holy Communion under both kinds is the commendable practice, the Precious Blood is already in separate chalices prepared ...

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 ...

The next several columns will be reports from parishes about what's happening during the distribution of Holy Communion.

Every Sunday at St. Anne Church in Richmond Hill, Georgia, the Hilleary family — mother Michelle, father Brian and five children — receives Communion at the altar rail. “It creates a more sacred space ...

Paula Magliocco of Pewaukee, Wis., is a busy mother of three and a Catholic elementary-school teacher. Yet, in spite of her hectic life, she finds time to make a spiritual communion, not just once, ...

Thousands of children are making their First Holy Communion this month or in May, but has Irish society lost sight of what the day is about?

The edict from Charlotte’s Catholic bishop came just before Christmas with a benign title: “Pastoral letter on norms for Holy Communion.” Bishop Michael Martin decreed parishioners could no longer use ...

Jessie James Decker is one proud mom after her son took a big step forward in his Catholic faith. “Forrest received his First Communion and our hearts are so full,” Decker, 38, wrote via Instagram on ...