The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to approve a position paper on the meaning of the Eucharist, or Holy Communion. The document stopped short of telling bishops ...

‘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 ...

Much of today’s American political, business and pop culture have empowered a throwaway culture of death that is hostile to the Gospel, despises human dignity, and seeks to discard people who are ...

In an atmosphere of celebration, joy, and devotion, some 25,000 people, including 1,600 children in white robes and traditional costumes who received their first Communion, participated Sunday in the ...

Our contemporary social and ecological challenges clearly call for significant changes in the way we live. But they also call for substantive changes in who we are. This means that although lifestyle ...

(RNS) — When Pope Francis called for a worldwide consultation of lay Catholics about their concerns as part of the Synod on Synodality, U.S. bishops responded less than enthusiastically. Instead, the ...