Draft of the U.S. bishops’ document says nothing about denying Communion to Catholic politicians who support legal abortion By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — At their June assembly, when the U.S. bishops debated a proposal to draft a statement on the Eucharist, some of the bishops asked whether it would address denying Communion […]
Altar bread baker has hope for Communion discussion
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service LANGHORNE, Pa. — Holy Communion — so sacred and central to the Catholic faith — has simple beginnings with the religious sisters around the country who make these altar breads both as a ministry and a means to support themselves. At the Monastery of St. Clare in Langhorne, the […]
Bishops to continue Eucharist discussion in fall meeting
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — When the U.S. bishops meet this fall for their annual assembly, they will revisit the discussion they began in mid-June about the Eucharist and will be presented with a drafted document on the “meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the church.” But in the time […]
U.S. bishops to draft document on Eucharist
But some object citing the dangers of politicizing the sacrament and creating division in the church By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service The U.S. bishops approved by a wide margin a plan to draft a document to examine the “meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the church” following a lengthy debate during their […]
Biden denied Communion at Mass in South Carolina
By Deirdre C. Mays Catholic News Service FLORENCE, S.C. — Former Vice President Joe Biden attended the 9 a.m. Mass at St. Anthony Church Oct. 27 and when he presented himself to receive the Eucharist was refused by the pastor. “Sadly, this past Sunday, I had to refuse holy Communion to former Vice President Joe […]
Should the priest have refused the host?
By Catholic News Service This editorial first appeared online Nov. 6 on the website of Our Sunday Visitor, a national Catholic newsweekly based in Huntington, Indiana. It was written by the editorial board. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden was denied holy Communion by a pastor of a South Carolina church Oct. […]
Pew survey shows most Catholics don’t believe in ‘Real Presence’
By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — A new study about the level of Catholic belief in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist showed that a majority of Catholics do not believe that the bread and wine used at Mass become the body and blood of Christ. The report drew a strong […]
May hosts be gluten-free?
Questions and answers on the Vatican’s recent instruction on bread and wine for Holy Communion By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The Vatican recently published a circular letter, “On the bread and wine for the Eucharist,” sent to diocesan bishops at the request of Pope Francis. Dated June 15 — the feast of the Body […]
Most of Hawaii’s Mass hosts are distributed by Sacred Hearts Sisters
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Most parishes in Hawaii get their hosts from the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts who buy them from a mainland wholesaler and distribute them from a little building at St. Anthony Retreat Center in Kalihi Valley. Sacred Hearts Sister Ivy Yim, who does the distribution, said she has 80 […]