It is unclear whether reception of the Eucharist in the hand has been formally permitted in Uganda, or has existed as a custom. A priest offers communion to a parishioner during Mass in an African ...

Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego recently authored an article in America magazine regarding the denial of Holy Communion to certain Catholics in political life. This has been one of a series of ...

Lent officially ends and the Triduum begins at dusk on Holy Thursday and continues through dusk on Easter Sunday. Because we ...

For Catholics: As Catholics, we fully participate in the celebration of the Eucharist when we receive Holy Communion. In order to be properly disposed to receive communion, participants should not be ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The autumn season is here, but Staten Islanders maximized their fun in the last summer days with intimate gatherings with family and friends across the borough. Featured this ...

When it comes to religious milestones, the first Holy Communion is an important one in some Christian traditions. It usually happens when a child is around eight years old and in the springtime due to ...