When it comes to religious milestones, the first Holy Communion is an important one in some Christian traditions. It usually happens when a child is around eight years old and in the springtime due to ...

My youngest daughter marks the Mass by the songs. There are five songs. There are four songs left. Did we sing the bringing-up-the-gifts song? She is marking time until the donuts. She is counting ...

Holy Spirit Parish recently celebrated First Holy Communion at St. Mary’s Church in Mocanaqua. Seven young people from St. Adalbert’s Church in Glen Lyon and St. Martha’s Church in Fairmount Springs ...

The sacrament of First Holy Communion was recently received by three children at Holy Trinity Church, Wilkes-Barre. They are from left, first row: Mackenzie Shovlin, Donald Gardner and Emily Apolinaro ...

Transubstantiation is dogma in the Roman Catholic Church. The consecration and conversion of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ -- the real substance of the Savior, ingested -- is at the ...

Eleven years have passed since ISIS seized Mosul and the Nineveh towns and with every anniversary commemorated each year, the same question arises: How many Iraqi Christians remain? Despite tensions ...

In the midst of war and suffering, the Catholic faithful of Holy Family Parish in northern Gaza continue to walk in the light of faith. Eight children received their first holy Communion this past ...

Pope Francis gives first Communion to children during a Mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Rakovski, Bulgaria, May 6, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Pope Francis received an enthusiastic welcome ...

On a pilgrimage to Rome during this Jubilee Year of Hope, the experience of walking through holy doors transformed my ...