Tag: Communion
When considering political debate on communion, belief in sacred nature of...
The famous Catholic writer Flannery O'Connor recounted in a letter the time she got in an argument with another famous writer, Mary McCarthy, over...
Bishop Nerbini of Prato allows giving of communion from doctors to...
VATICAN CITY -- Looking for a way to provide both spiritual and physical care on Easter, a group of Italian doctors received their bishop's...
German Bishop Gerhard Feige dampens hopes of shared Communion between Catholics,...
ERFURT, Germany — Bishop Gerhard Feige of Magdeburg voiced skepticism about a recent proposal by German theologians for Catholics and Protestants to reciprocally open...
Survey says: Maybe more believe in the Real Presence than polls...
When Pope Francis recently said that every time we receive Communion, it should be like our first time, it reminded me of a friend's...
Holy Spirit conducts symphony of communion, Pope Francis says at audience
VATICAN CITY -- Like an orchestra conductor leading a symphony of different sounds and harmonies, the Holy Spirit creates a masterpiece of unity and...
Bishop Paprocki bars Illinois Catholic lawmakers who back abortion from Communion
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Springfield Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki issued a decree June 6 stating that Catholic lawmakers in the Illinois Legislature "who promoted or...
Series on the Mass: Person to person, the body of Christ
Sunday Mass is crowded. Slowly, beginning in the front pews, people stand and head toward the altar. You know the moment. Everyone is lining...
Living Our Faith: Being present
We, in making ourselves present to others, signal our belief in them and our hopes for them.
But do Christ's reasons for wanting to be...
Pope: Individual bishops must decide about Communion in mixed marriages
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM GENEVA (CNS) -- The question of allowing Protestants married to Catholics to receive Communion at Mass in special cases...
Update: Vatican asks German bishops to set aside plans for eucharistic...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has asked the Catholic bishops’ conference of Germany not to publish nationwide guidelines for allowing Protestants married to Catholics...