This writer was hesitant about posting this feature today because Sunday is a spiritual day for many readers and the consumption of spirits by many of them are forbidden. Regardless, the fact is Jesus ...

ANTIOCH — On a glorious spring day at Antioch’s Holy Cross Cemetery, general manager Dave Holland showed a visitor the brand-new granite niches that a local priest would be dedicating that weekend.

Phoenix Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, foreground, and priests distribute Communion in front of St. Mary's Basilica during an outdoor Mass in downtown Phoenix in 2009. (CNS/Catholic Sun/J.D. Long-Garcia) ...

The Phoenix diocese is not going to restrict the distribution of the Precious Blood at Mass, say the diocese's final instructions on the distribution of Communion, promulgated by Bishop Thomas J.

NON-ALCOHOLIC wine cannot be used in Holy Communion, the Church of England’s governing body has ruled. Gluten-free bread has also been barred, says the General Synod, its “parliament”, which opens ...

The Roman Catholic bishop of Baton Rouge has asked pastors to make communion wine available to parishioners again, beginning on the first weekend of Advent, but churches have permission to proceed at ...

Four of New Jersey’s five Catholic dioceses have suspended the distribution of communion wine during Mass in an effort to limit the spread of coronavirus, church officials said. The temporary ban on ...

Earlier this year, the House of Bishops clarified that parishioners drinking wine from the same cup during Holy Communion was forbidden Gabriella Swerling Social and Religious Affairs Editor Gabriella ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used during holy communion, the governing body of the Church of England has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used during holy communion, the governing body of the Church of England has ...

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