A growing number of Catholic parishes in the U.S. are restoring altar rails, renewing reverence and transforming the faithful’s experience of the Holy Eucharist.

Rev. Mark Burns, a televangelist from Easley who has been called Donald Trump’s “top spiritual advisor” by Time magazine, agreed with the president last month when he halted weapons and aid ...

Viaticum is then celebrated in the same manner as Communion of the Sick, except that after giving Communion, the minister says: V. May the Lord Jesus Christ protect you and lead you to eternal life.

As death approaches, the Church stays close to the one who is dying, to give comfort and support. The family should ask that holy Communion be brought to the dying. This is Viaticum, food for the ...

raised the issue of allowing 'lay presidency" at Holy Communion, pointing to the heightened need for alternative leadership in worship. At present, the church's constitution permits laity to take part ...