On a Saturday morning in July last year, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments issued a circular letter to bishops reiterating existing norms regarding the matter of ...
Bishop Michael Martin wrote that his guidelines are to strengthen unity in worship, uphold the church's liturgical norms and encourage active participation by the faithful.
Communion Music has opened up on its national ambitions after hiring promoter Carlo Scarampi from Kilimanjaro Live earlier this year. Communion also co-promotes Citadel with Live Nation's MAMA ...
"This is the Lord’s Table. It is not Grace Church’s table. All are welcome to receive communion.” It is not unusual to hear or read these or similar words—with the local parish or its denomination ...
(The Conversation) — Biden is not the first public figure to whom the Catholic Church wants to deny Communion. Over the centuries, the Church has often come under criticism for either denying or ...
Church member J.H. Brittain worried about the spread of disease caused by hundreds of parishioners drinking from the same Communion cup. The Englishman wrote to the editors of the Lancet, an ...
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is the communion's spiritual head This week could mark the last rites for the Anglican communion as a truly global Church. The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin ...
The Church of England has ruled that non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used during Holy Communion. The guidance states that the bread must be made with wheat flour and the wine must ...
Preparation for Holy Communion occupies a special place in the spiritual life of an Orthodox Christian. Since ancient times, participation in the Eucharist has been perceived not only as the greatest ...
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A Florida priest has been arrested after he allegedly bit a woman while arguing with her during Communion at Mass. Father Fidel Rodriguez, a parochial vicar at the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church ...