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 ...

Easter is on Sunday, but the week leading up to the Christian holiday includes several sacred celebrations. One of those practices is Maundy Thursday, which commemorates the biblical account of Jesus’ ...

Brothers and sisters: I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith will be among those contributing to a Rome conference Saturday aimed at reestablishing the rebirth of Eucharistic devotion. The archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka ...

"Being Christian is a path, or better: a pilgrimage, a walk together with Jesus Christ," underlined the Holy Father at Palm Sunday Mass on an extraordinary spring morning in Rome. He said it is in ...

Crosby Harris and Constantin Marquez are seen with their first holy Communion art. (Credit: CNS composite; photo courtesy the Harris and Marquez families via The Catholic Spirit.) Listen METUCHEN, New ...

Well-known Christian pastor Francis Chan is raising questions after comments he made about the history of Holy Communion. The pastor, preaching on the "Body of Christ and Communion," pointed out that ...

The bread used in Catholic communion rites must contain a trace amount of gluten, according to a Vatican directive. The circular letter (or one that is circulated to a group of people such as 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 ...

It was early Wednesday evening at the adoration chapel at St. Clare’s Convent, home to the Sisters of Life in northeast Washington, D.C. Light streamed through the blue and yellow glass windows, ...