Receiving the sacred host on our tongue ensures that we do not treat Christ’s presence as an ordinary piece of bread. Reception of holy Communion on the tongue has been a tradition of the Church ...

For non-Christians: We also welcome to this celebration those who do not share in our faith in Jesus Christ. While we cannot admit them to Holy Communion, we ask them to offer their prayers for ...

"It has nothing to do with the bishops ... informing him that he is not to present himself for Holy Communion until he brings to an end the objective situation of sin, and warning him that ...

The Vatican has detailed how to obtain plenary indulgences — removing temporal punishment for sin through Christ’s merits — ...

What does the bread of Holy Communion mean to these young Christians? What do they remember when they receive this bread? Communion is a way for Christians to say 'thank you' to God for Jesus ...

The Jubilee will officially begin tonight, with the opening of the Holy Door at St. Peter's Basilica. An estimated 32 million ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago, in a letter published this week in the archdiocesan newspaper, urged Catholics to stand while receiving Holy Communion and not make gestures ...

What does the bread of Holy Communion mean to these young Christians? What do they remember when they receive this bread? Ask children to sum up what they have learned by writing into a line ...

While I would never wish this disease on anyone, it has prompted a personal eucharistic revival of sorts within my own ...