Embodied community is at the uncompromising heart of what Christian community means, lest the experience of “church” be reduced to that of an idea. (Hristo Rusev / NurPhoto via Getty Images) Among ...

Pope Francis gives first Communion to children during a Mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Rakovski, Bulgaria, May 6, 2019. The biannual US Catholic bishops’ meeting received more than its ...

(The Conversation) — Biden is not the first public figure to whom the Catholic Church wants to deny Communion. Over the centuries, the Church has often come under criticism for either denying or ...

Many dioceses have issued guidelines indicating the Blessed Sacrament should be distributed in the hand as a preventive measure, but it’s unclear that it’s a safer practice — and making an act of ...

“There is much else that JESUS DID. If it were all to be recorded ... the world could not hold the books that would be written." John 21:25 Clarification: Rev. LuWanna Scott has not met nor worked ...

DENVER, Colo. — As the US bishops prepare to discuss a draft statement on the Eucharist, the Archbishop of Denver has recalled Christ’s direct, challenging approach to the sinners to whom he was close ...

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The General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) convened in Louisville, Kentucky, from July 29 to August 1, 2023, and proudly announces the re-election of Rev. Teresa “Terri” Hord ...