The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops recently approved drafting a document on receiving Communion in the Catholic Church. It will include a section regarding standards for politicians and ...

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When Irish voters approved a referendum repealing a constitutional amendment banning abortion in 2018, Catholic bishops throughout the country deemed it a devastating blow to a faith that has long ...

As a Catholic feminist, I usually expect bad news from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. But this year, the bishops are outdoing themselves. As they opened their annual meeting Wednesday, they ...

Every Sunday at St. Anne Church in Richmond Hill, Georgia, the Hilleary family — mother Michelle, father Brian and five children — receives Communion at the altar rail. “It creates a more sacred space ...

Here is what is at the root of efforts by conservative U.S. bishops to prohibit the country’s second Catholic president from receiving communion. By Giulia Heyward The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops ...

June 29 (UPI) --The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops recently approved drafting a document on receiving communion in the Catholic Church. It will include a section regarding standards for ...

(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 ...