VATICAN CITY — The Vatican declined to comment Friday on U.S. President Joe Biden’s statement that Pope Francis encouraged him to keep receiving Holy Communion during a private audience. The Vatican, ...

A long list of legislators will not be able to receive Holy Communion at one Rhode Island parish after a priest announced that their support for abortion legislation disqualified them. WJAR reported ...

Archbishop John Myers greets parishioners on the steps of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart following Palm Sunday mass 2014. (John Munson/NJ Advance Media) Since receiving Holy Communion ...

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, who announced Friday that he would bar House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from receiving Holy Communion due to her stance on abortion, said that the timing of ...

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 ...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday she will be joining the bipartisan Congressional Delegation to attend Pope Francis’ funeral in the Vatican on Saturday. Despite claiming to be ...

Most Rev. Douglas Deshotel, bishop of Lafayette, clarified Tuesday morning how Catholics may receive the sacrament of Holy Communion. Meeting with a diocesan task force on the coronavirus, the bishop ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has been barred from receiving Holy Communion in the Archdiocese of San Francisco because of her stance on abortion rights, according to a letter from the city’s ...

Processions occur in four places during the celebration of Mass, including the one during the Communion Rite. Three of the ...