U.S. Catholics’ religious observance varies widely. Find out how often they take Communion, pray the rosary and attend a ...

So far, he has found that “about 90% of the people will kneel to receive Communion. Even if they are receiving on the hand, they will still kneel and use the altar railing.” ...

However, a recent study of 681 persons found that people who receive Communion as often as daily are not at higher risk of infection compared with persons who do not receive communion or persons ...

How we partake in the mystery of Christ—kneeling, receiving the host in our hands, or on our tongue—is secondary to the experience of humility and honor in receiving the Eucharist.

Rev. G. Dennis Gill acknowledges the numbers are staggering. Next month, Pope Francis will oversee the distribution of Holy Communion to as many as 2 million people gathered on a mile-long parkway ...

U.S. Bishops May Urge Joe Biden to Be Barred from Communion Due to His Support for Abortion The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will vote in June whether to make the official stance against ...

I truly believe that the presence of ushers and forced row-by-row communion cajoles many people into receiving communion when they are not properly prepared. A little anecdote.

A Catholic leader in Colorado will deny the sacrament to members who back politicians in favor of abortion rights and stem cell research.

The document says people in same-sex relationships and trans people can’t be baptized or confirmed or receive Holy Communion. They also can’t serve as witnesses at Catholic baptisms or ...

Our experiment indicated that the number of people receiving both Body and Blood of Christ rose from less than 50 percent to at least 95 percent. So many more received the "fuller sign" in ...

Following calls to deny Communion to Biden, who is Catholic, because of his public position on abortion, the bishops instead used much more general language in a document on the Eucharist.