The church is full of sinners. On this much pretty much everyone can agree. If one took the secular media’s typical presentation of the church as truth, one might even think that the church is full of ...

Someone once asked me, “Why do we need ministers of Communion? Why not just pass the eucharistic bread and wine and let people take it themselves?” There are several answers. For one thing, a large ...

In Christianity, the Eucharist, also known as the Holy Communion, is a rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches. According to the New Testament, the ritual was instituted by Jesus Christ ...

At Wednesday's general audience, Pope Francis said our participation in the Holy Eucharist at Mass is not a merely spiritual communion, but a sacramental one, uniting us to Christ and his Church. "The ...