Most of us have a picture in our mind when we think of communion—bread and juice, childhood memories, or Easter traditions. But communion is so much more than tradition! It’s an invitation to remember ...

On the first Sunday of October, many Christian churches of a wide range of traditions will observe World Communion Sunday. In the United States, World Communion Sunday marks 85 years going back to Oct ...

(RNS) The idea of online Communion raises fundamental questions about the definition of community, individual participation, the role of tradition and basic theological understandings of the meaning ...

To John Chrysostom). These texts have become publicly available and are printed in modern prayer books and sequences for Holy Communion. The meaning and spiritual significance of prayer before ...

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In the Orthodox tradition, Communion is considered the main sacrament in which a person unites with Christ, accepting His Body and Blood under the guise of bread and wine. This moment is the peak of ...

There is no doubt in Scripture or Church teaching that Jesus Christ is truly present in the Holy Eucharist. — “And he took bread, and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ...

Parsing the words of Pope Francis is a notoriously hazardous undertaking, as he tends sometimes to say things that seem almost deliberately open to multiple interpretations — remember “Who am I to ...

In a meeting today with members of the International Theological Commission, Pope Benedict stressed the need for theologians to perform their work in union with, and under the authority of the Church ...

If synodality is to have any real meaning in the Catholic Church, it must be rooted in the local parish. An area that would benefit from a parish synodal process is the manner in which First Communion ...