For one student, visiting prospective colleges left her feeling “uncertain and worried.” Brigid Ambuul of California toured five secular universities, but she wasn’t convinced by their sole focus on ...
This has to be a wake-up call for all of us. The Second Vatican Council clearly taught that the Holy Eucharist is “the source and summit of the whole Christian life” (Lumen Gentium, 11). Pope St. John ...
Catholic teaching sees the Eucharist as Christ's transformative sacrifice on the cross and this Holy Communion must only be received worthily. This teaching is not partisan, but it certainly applies ...
Bishop Michael Martin wrote that his guidelines are to strengthen unity in worship, uphold the church's liturgical norms and encourage active participation by the faithful.
What makes our bishops think they own the Eucharist? While the question may sound flip, this is something I have been pondering in the weeks leading up to the November meeting of the U.S. Conference ...
Priests have a duty to remind Catholics not to receive the Eucharist in a state of serious sin and to make confession easily available, a Nigerian cardinal said at the International Eucharistic ...
(The Conversation) — Amid controversy over US bishops’ plans to deny Communion to pro-abortion rights Catholics, a scholar of sacramental theology explains the importance of the ritual to members of ...
The photos of a communion wafer with a large red smudge on it started popping up on social media and religious websites in October. Those who shared the images made an extraordinary claim: The smudge ...
The memorial of Sister Ann Ali of the Most Holy Eucharist will be marked on Thursday at Burnt Forest. Catholic faithful from all walks of life are expected to attend the event, to be ed by the Diocese ...