The Last Supper, depicted in the stained-glass windows of the Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, in Rome Credit: iStock/PaoloGaetano One Holy Saturday sometime in the 10th century, a married ...

Every Sunday at St. Anne Church in Richmond Hill, Georgia, the Hilleary family — mother Michelle, father Brian and five children — receives Communion at the altar rail. “It creates a more sacred space ...

This chapter exclusively explores views and experiences among U.S. Catholics (i.e., the 20% of U.S. adults who say they are Catholic when asked about their present religion). Many Americans who are ...

“If you are in need of a very, very low percentage gluten host, please see me in my Communion line.” I remember (with chagrin now) how I laughed internally the first time I heard those words uttered ...

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 that ...

The problem of marriage in modern society has been central to Pope Francis’ agenda throughout his pontificate. He has addressed the matter with a characteristic focus on mercy and reform, and in the ...