The Second Vatican Council referred to the Eucharist as “the source and summit of the Christian life,” St. Augustine referred to it as “a Divine storehouse filled with every virtue,” and St. Thérèse ...

With a handful of U.S. dioceses moving to restrict the practice, Catholics are debating whether receiving Communion from the ...

Some Catholics, including those with celiac disease, have been asking for gluten-free Communion hosts. But the Vatican has sent out a letter explaining that this will not be permitted. According to ...

A handful of churches in South Carolina are offering their members a gluten-free option for Holy Communion. Several churches made the decision to offer the specialized bread during the Holy Eucharist ...

Five pieces of 1,300 year old Communion bread were discovered in Turkey. One loaf depicts Jesus sowing seeds, while the other four feature the Maltese cross. The loaves were preserved thanks to ...

The Catholic Church has confirmed that communion bread must contain gluten. Bishops around the world have received written confirmation from Cardinal Robert Sarah that gluten-free bread must not be ...

It may not seem like it, but this is a question of serious theological import: it is definitely okay — no, more than merely ‘okay,’ it is meet and right and your bounden duty to audibly chew your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used during holy communion, the governing body of the Church of England has ...