The COVID-19 pandemic has helped drive home the importance of the Eucharist, Gerald Cardinal Lacroix of Quebec said in a catechesis delivered Tuesday at the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in ...

Migrants watching Pope Francis’ Mass in Juarez, Mexico, from a levee along the banks of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, take part in Communion, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. (Credit: AP Photo/Eric Gay.) ...

(RNS) — You will know that we are Christians by our love, but you will know that we are Catholics by our fights. Sadly, one of the things Catholics fight over is the Eucharist. In his June 29 ...

According to Augustine, when we stand around the altar at the Eucharist as a community and sincerely pray the Lord’s Prayer, any sins we have committed are forgiven.... - Published on August 15, 2025 ...

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 ...

"You will know that we are Christians by our love, but you will know that we are Catholics by our fights," writes Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese in a recent column about Pope Francis' June 29 apostolic ...

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 ...

The Catholic bishops of the United States voted Tuesday to approve a document aimed at increasing the reverence of all Catholics for Holy Communion. The document, written in a question and answer ...

The Sacrament of Confirmation was conferred on a total of 77 youth from the parishes of Our Lady of the Eucharist and St. John the Evangelist in Pittston on April 18. The Most Rev. John M. Dougherty, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has helped drive home the importance of the Eucharist, Gerald Cardinal Lacroix of Quebec said in a catechesis delivered Tuesday at the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in ...