Why do we need ministers of Communion? Why not just pass the eucharistic bread and wine and let people take it themselves?

Guidelines for Receiving Holy Communion For Catholics: As Catholics, we fully participate in the celebration of the Eucharist when we receive Holy Communion.

When a minister of the Church brings Communion, the sick or elderly person shares in the eucharistic meal of the community. This holy Communion manifests the support and concern of the community ...

Archbishops Aquila and Naumann, and Bishops Cozzens and McManus, share their thoughts on the Eucharistic Revival as well as the controversy of Catholic elected officials who advocate for legal ...

An abortion litmus test for Communion would place lay Eucharistic ministers in the untenable position of having to decide who is worthy and who is not.

The Holy Father indicates that a new disciplinary document on the Eucharist will be forthcoming from the responsible Vatican departments, which will “effectively help to banish the dark clouds ...

Beyond the Politics of Communion, a 2,000-Year-Old Holy Mystery For many Catholics, the eucharist is something wholly apart from partisan skirmishes. It is quite literally about God.

For Bonaventure, to eat spiritually is to approach eating the Eucharist both with faith and ultimately with the affection of charity in one’s heart.

An Episcopal Church court has sided with a Virginia priest who was disciplined for engaging in a “Eucharistic fast” in ...

(UNDATED) A hardline U.S. Roman Catholic archbishop is urging ministers to deny Holy Communion to politicians who support abortion rights, arguing that it’s a “mortal sin” to offer the ...

The Eucharistic Revival, which was launched in June, includes a number of diocesan- and parish-level events to promote appreciation of and participation in Communion, and will culminate in July ...