Discussion about the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist often leads to questions about how to receive Holy Communion. When I became a Catholic years ago, I was lost as to why I was told by my deacon to ...

‘He’s given us his own Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity to nourish his life within us. What a difference that has to make in our daily life.’ Cardinal Raymond Burke at his shrine in La Crosse, ...

Father John C. Maria raises the Eucharist over the altar at the Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena in Allentown, Pa., March 9, 2020. According to Catholic teaching, the bread and wine, upon ...

A concerted national effort to rekindle Catholics’ passion for the Holy Eucharist will get an areawide boost next month with a diocesan-planned evening at the Cajundome Convention Center that will ...

Auxiliary Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of St. Paul and Minneapolis carries the Eucharist in a monstrance during a procession June 19, 2021. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit) ...

A priest elevates the host during a Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City in 2020. (Credit: Gregory A. Shemitz/CNS.) Listen NEWARK, New Jersey — Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin has invited the ...

The U.S. bishops are working on a document on the Eucharist, which could be very helpful if they do it right. The chances are slim. The origins of the document go back to the bishops' fight with ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston-area Archdiocese Cardinal Daniel DiNardo advised Saturday that parishioners limit physical contact at mass. In the wake of the spread of coronavirus, the ...

The sacrament of the Eucharist, sometimes referred to as Holy Communion, is steeped in tradition. One such tradition concerns the bread used during the administration of the sacrament. The bread used ...