When we receive our Lord in holy Communion, we should receive him in the way we encounter a loved one: with reverence, care, gentleness and humility. For in the holy Eucharist, the Catechism of ...

For Catholics: As Catholics, we fully participate in the celebration of the Eucharist when we receive Holy Communion. In order to be properly disposed to receive communion, participants should not ...

Pope Francis sought to empower women and laity in synods, fueling conservatives' worry about LGBTQ+ inclusion and women's ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on December 17 1936 in the Flores district of Buenos Aires, the eldest of five children in a ...

Vatican City — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church's teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons, ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, a cardinal from the United States has become acting head of the Vatican until a new ...

He allowed divorced and remarried Catholics to receive Holy Communion, and approved “blessings” for same-sex couples as well as baptism for transgender believers. Pope Francis stressed that ...

He has opposed divorced or remarried Catholics from receiving Holy Communion, believing that marriage cannot be broken. He has also made controversial remarks, comparing the act of accepting ...

Pope Francis, the trailblazing Catholic leader known for his human-rights advocacy and sharp political edge, died Monday, ...

Hailing from Wisconsin, USA, Burke doesn’t believe that people who have divorced and remarried should be allowed to receive Holy Communion. He also branded as “objectionable” the Church’s ...

Did Francis really believe, for example, that it was permissible for Catholics to receive Holy Communion if they had divorced and entered into second marriages while their first spouses were still ...