During last week’s General Assembly meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the bishops voted 168 to 55 to draft a “teaching document” on the meaning of communion. The forthcoming ...

Ever since American Catholic bishops announced their decision to release a teaching document on the reception of Holy Communion, news and social media sites have teemed with outrage. The backlash is a ...

Archbishop Pierre addressed a July 28 online panel discussion of “Communion, Catholics, and Public Life,” which focused largely on a draft Eucharistic document of the U.S. bishops’ conference.

Nearly 60 House Democrats are calling on Catholic bishops to cease the "weaponization" of Holy Communion and urged them to stop targeting Democrats who support abortion as being unworthy of the sacred ...

After more than a year of intense debate on a controversial document originally intended to target pro-choice Catholic politicians like President Joe Biden, the U.S. bishops on Nov. 17 instead ...

Panelist Whoopi Goldberg told Archbishop Cordileone, who banned Nancy Pelosi from receiving Communion in his archdiocese, “This is not your job, dude! That is not up to you to make that decision.” ...

Every Sunday, I think: Have I committed a serious sin? That might seem like a ludicrously dour tradition, but for me, it’s not about the sins, but about what I do every Sunday: Attend Mass and receive ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Vatican Cardinal Arinze's statement in regard to the withholding of Holy Communion from "manifest ...

In vote of 168-55, members of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approved drafting of document on Communion for Catholic politicians, others who support abortion rights Vote came after Vatican asked ...

(AP) - When U.S. Catholic bishops convene virtually for a national meeting Wednesday, they will be divided ideologically as well as physically. They’re split over whether to press ahead with an ...

BALTIMORE (RNS) — After months of public debate over whether to deny the Eucharist to President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other elected officials who back abortion rights, the U.S.

The sacrament of confession must be part of the U.S. bishops’ discussions on worthiness to receive Communion, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States said on Wednesday. Archbishop Christophe Pierre, ...