The bishops of England and Wales announced this week that the distribution of Holy Communion from the chalice during Mass will resume starting Holy Thursday. The U.K. bishops’ announcement comes ...

In this Sunday, May 24, 2020, photo, a Greek Orthodox priest distributes Holy Communion during Sunday Mass in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, using the traditional method of a shared spoon.

As fears of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus continue, Birmingham’s Catholic bishop has suspended the use of the sacramental chalice as part of taking communion. Bishop Robert J. Baker ...

Through this sacrament, “we unite ourselves to Christ, who makes us sharers in his Body and Blood to form a single body,” (CCC 1331). Holy Communion also cleanses us from venial sins.

Deacon Michael Boldizar hands the chalice to a communicant during Mass July 21, 2019, at St. Anne Church in Garden City, N.Y. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) ...

Houston-area Catholic parishes have suspended the use of the Chalice in Holy Communion as coronavirus fears spread in the U.S. WATCH VIDEOS. Houston Southwest Southeast Northwest Northeast.

The temporary ban on wine, which is usually sipped from communal chalices during Holy Communion, is one of a long list of changes the dioceses are making to help combat COVID-19 disease.

The Archdiocese of Newark is lifting COVID-19 restrictions on using a shared chalice for Communion and holy water in the Catholic churches it oversees in four New Jersey counties just prior to ...

The flu is active in 47 states, and several dioceses have issued recommendations for receiving Communion so others don't get sick. Flu epidemic prompts some churches to stop offering Communion ...

Additionally, the diocese says churches should follow the same approach as they would for flu season. This means it's up to a parish priest to suspend offering Holy Communion from the chalice at Mass.

The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston is limiting physical contact during mass until further notice, Archdiocese Daniel Cardinal DiNardo said in a release.