VATICAN CITY — The secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship wrote to a petitioner last month rejecting their appeal against the Bishop of Knoxville’s decision to ban temporarily reception of ...

We interrupt this Communion Rite . . . These may not be the introductory words used, but they might well be. At some point, the principal celebrant intervenes with something like this: ...

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 ...

The next several columns will be reports from parishes about what's happening during the distribution of Holy Communion.

<img src="/photo.cms?msid=1650061569" align=left>Saturday night was a coming-of-age for the children of many christian households, with a number of kids receiving ...