Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Susan Doty lined up Saturday to receive Holy Communion much as she’s done her entire life. The 81-year-old walked down the aisle of Englewood’s All Souls ...

Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago is advocating for Catholic faithful to receive holy Communion standing — the normative posture established by the U.S. Catholic bishops — as part of a renewed ...

(RNS) — After Bishop Michael Martin of the Diocese of Charlotte issued a pastoral letter outlining that Catholics are expected to stand during the reception of Holy Communion in the diocese — and ...

‘Since Christ is whole and entire in each of the Eucharistic species,’ says the Catechism, ‘anyone who has received either of the consecrated species has received Christ whole and entire.’ Pascal ...

Susan Doty still remembers vividly her first Communion. She'd mistakenly eaten a piece of chocolate before the sacrament and felt certain God would punish her as she consumed the consecrated host. The ...

Churches within the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh now are permitted to make their own call when it comes to offering sacramental wine at Holy Communion. Bishop David Zubik announced June 24 the ...

In the midst of war and suffering, the Catholic faithful of Holy Family Parish in northern Gaza continue to walk in the light of faith. Eight children received their first holy Communion this past ...

The Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith clarified in a letter Wednesday that single mothers should not be afraid to receive communion. The letter, addressed to Bishop Ramón Alfredo de la ...

Archbishops Aquila and Naumann, and Bishops Cozzens and McManus, share their thoughts on the Eucharistic Revival as well as the controversy of Catholic elected officials who advocate for legal ...