First Holy Communion at St Mary’s Cathedral!
First communicants at St Mary’s cathedral in Cape Town hold up their cupcakes at the tea after the ceremony. The […]
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Church Eucharist Sacraments
Church Eucharist Sacraments
Bishop Victor Phalana: Further on the Rules of Inter-Communion
With the Church in Germany having launched the debate about Communion for non-Catholics, BISHOP VICTOR PHALANA notes that the Southern
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When May Non-Catholics Receive Communion?
While some German bishops have decided that non-Catholic spouses of Catholics may receive Communion in individual cases according to pastoral needs, inter-Communion in Southern Africa is governed by the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference’s “Directory on Ecumenism”, which was approved by the Holy See and released in 2003.
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Marriage and Communion: SA and the Rest of the World
The German bishops are not the only bishops in the world to propose or adopt pastoral guidelines for allowing an
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Church Eucharist Your Letters
Let Communion Unite Christians
Patrick Dacey, Johannesburg – Dutch Cardinal Wim Eijk of Utrecht has taken issue with Pope Francis’ supposed failure to give
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Church Ecumenical dialogue Eucharist Your Letters
Communion For All is Dishonest
At Communion, especially at nuptial and funeral Masses which invariably include a broad spectrum of Christians, we experience a heightened sense of the unfortunate divisions in the body of Christ.
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Cardinal: Communion Cannot be Shared with Friends like Beer or Cake
Holy Communion is exclusively for Catholics in a state of grace and not something to be shared between friends like beer or cake, said a former senior adviser to two popes.
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Church Eucharist Feast Days Fr John Allen Green
Corpus Christi: Shining Like the Sun
Fr John Allen Green OFM – Our first window opens on March 18, 1958. Thomas Merton’s experience in Louisville happened
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Eucharist Feast Days Fr Ralph de Hahn
Communion: Jesus Gives Himself to Us and We Receive Him
There are great volumes of books and articles published on the mystery of the Blessed Eucharist, and still, with this treasure within our grasp, with all our weekly and even daily Masses, many of us still struggle to believe, accept and live the mystery of the Body and Blood of Christ.
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