It was a typical Sunday Mass until two men in heavy makeup and nuns' habits received Holy Communion from the city's top Catholic official. On Oct. 7, Archbishop George Niederauer delivered the ...

The church for 2,000 years has closed Holy Communion to those who are not in ... The ancient philosophers mocked the early Christians for their view of the holy supper, but men like Ignatius and ...

The Church previously issued a statement to clarify it was not banning gluten-free bread or non-alcoholic communion wine.

Erik and Kristin Ellington, parishioners at Grace Church in Ridgewood, receive Communion in a Fellowship Cup, a soft wafer and grape juice in a pre-filled cup, during a church service on Sunday ...