Q: Is it ever acceptable to say something other than "amen" when receiving Communion? Would "thank you," "he's alive" or even ...

A long list of legislators will not be able to receive Holy Communion at one Rhode Island parish after a priest announced that their support for abortion legislation disqualified them. WJAR reported ...

Archbishop John Myers greets parishioners on the steps of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart following Palm Sunday mass 2014. (John Munson/NJ Advance Media) Since receiving Holy Communion ...

Next week the Church will celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. It is a time for us, as St. Thomas Aquinas wrote in 1263 for the first celebration of the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus, to ...

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 ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissed Catholic bishops who do not believe she should receive Communion due to her views on abortion. "I think I can use my own judgment on that but I'm pleased with what ...

Most Rev. Douglas Deshotel, bishop of Lafayette, clarified Tuesday morning how Catholics may receive the sacrament of Holy Communion. Meeting with a diocesan task force on the coronavirus, the bishop ...

The Archdiocese of San Francisco has banned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), a practicing Catholic, from receiving communion in Bay Area churches over her support for abortion. The archdiocese ...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday she will be joining the bipartisan Congressional Delegation to attend Pope Francis’ funeral in the Vatican on Saturday. Despite claiming to be ...