"It 'so important to go to Mass on Sundays, to go to Mass not only to pray, but to receive Communion". "It is important that children be well prepared for First Communion and that every child makes it ...

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 ...

Only one third of Catholics actually believe in transubstantiation – the idea that the bread and wine consumed in Communion during Mass become the body and blood of Jesus Christ, new research shows.

The Last Supper depicted by Spanish painter Joan de Joanes (1510–1579)(Wikimedia Commons/museodelprado.es) Transubstantiation, the Catholic belief that communion wafers and wine become the body and ...

Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the early evening of Saturday October 15, over 100,000 children who made their First Holy Communion this year, mainly from Italy but also from other countries, ...

‘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 ...

An explanation of the Christian sacrament of the Eucharist, also called Holy Communion or Mass: a re-enactment of Jesus's Last Supper of bread and wine. The Eucharist, which is also called the Holy ...

A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like little children, you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” – Mt 18:3, cited in “Quam ...

Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the early evening of Saturday October 15, over 100,000 children who made their First Holy Communion this year, mainly from Italy but also from other countries, ...

(RNS) — 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 ...