The wine has been prayerfully set apart to convey the life of Christ to communicants. To pour some down the drain suggests contempt. If your friend serves you a meal as a sign of love and you throw it ...

The wine consecrated by the pope at each Eucharist is not chosen at random. Wineries with monastic or family traditions, or special certifications, are selected to provide these labels — with ...

The 7-year-old girl grabbed the chalice with the consecrated wine Catholics believe to be the blood of Christ and took a sip. Then the sip then continued into a drink, and finally, into a full on ...

Colorado prison authorities this week settled an inmate’s lawsuit by allowing a self-described “devout Episcopalian” to ingest consecrated wine at eucharistic services. The agreement allows ...

As many restrictions put in place for the COVID-19 pandemic have been lifted, some Catholic dioceses around the country are returning to offering consecrated wine in the chalice for Communion.

“Catholics believe that Christ is truly present in the Consecrated Bread and Wine used at Mass,” the guidelines state. “All Consecrated Wine must be consumed by the priest at each Mass ...

Roman teaching was slow in taking final form. Early Christians gave little thought as to precisely how Christ was present in the bread and wine they consecrated and consumed at their simple ...

In the filing, Naumann contends that any and all consecrated hosts and consecrated wine are property of the Catholic Church. Citing the rules dictating who may administer a consecrated host, ...

In Catholic tradition, hosts and wine that have been blessed by a priest become “Consecrated Hosts and Wine are in fact the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ,” Naumann’s filing ...

In the filing, Naumann contends that any and all consecrated hosts and consecrated wine are property of the Catholic Church. Citing the rules dictating who may administer a consecrated host, ...