Church / Eucharist / Letter of the Week
by Letters Editor · Published June 9, 2018 · Last modified June 7, 2018
Patrick Dacey, Johannesburg – Dutch Cardinal Wim Eijk of Utrecht has taken issue with Pope Francis’ supposed failure to give clear guidance to German cardinals on whether non-Catholic partners of Catholics should be allowed...
Church / Ecumenical dialogue / Eucharist / Letter of the Week
by Letters Editor · Published June 7, 2018 · Last modified June 4, 2018
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.
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.
Church / Eucharist / Feast Days / Fr John Allen Green
by asiel · Published June 3, 2018 · Last modified June 1, 2018
Fr John Allen Green OFM – Our first window opens on March 18, 1958. Thomas Merton’s experience in Louisville happened in the middle of an ordinary day when Merton was running errands for the...
Eucharist / Feast Days / Fr Ralph de Hahn
by Kilian SC · Published June 2, 2018 · Last modified May 31, 2018
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.
In February, the Vatican statement said that more than three-quarters of the members of the German bishops’ conference had approved a pastoral handbook titled “Walking with Christ: In the Footsteps of Unity: Mixed Marriages and Common Participation in the Eucharist”.
Church / Ecumenical dialogue / Eucharist
by Letters Editor · Published May 8, 2018 · Last modified May 6, 2018
With regard to the ongoing debate on Communion for non-Catholics, the Catechism of the Catholic Church in the section on the Seven Sacraments of the Church says: “Only validly ordained priests can preside at the Eucharist and consecrate the bread and the wine so that they become the Body and Blood of the Lord” (1411).
Church / Eucharist / Pope Francis
by Kilian SC · Published March 29, 2018 · Last modified March 24, 2018
Despite the chill and gusts of wind in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis welcomed the beginning of spring with an impromptu lesson about gardening and how to grow into being better Christians. “Does a...
Church / Eucharist / Sacraments
by hazelelponiSC · Published March 13, 2018 · Last modified March 12, 2018
The German bishops’ conference continues to develop its recent decision to allow non-Catholic spouses in mixed-denomination marriages to receive Communion in limited cases. The document, primarily addressed to pastors, contains specific guidance about whether...
Church / Eucharist / Mass / Pope Francis
by Kilian SC · Published March 4, 2018 · Last modified March 2, 2018
In his main talk, the pope continued his series on the Mass, focusing on the Liturgy of the Eucharist, which begins with the preparation of the gifts of bread and wine that are then consecrated and distributed to the faithful at holy Communion.
Church / Eucharist / Sacraments / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published February 17, 2018 · Last modified February 13, 2018
Jesus taught that divorcees who marry a second time commit adultery (Mk 10:11). The Church has followed this teaching. Divorcees may not receive Communion. Yet Pope Francis, in his exhortation Amoris Laetitia, is accused by some of now letting them receive Communion.
Church / Eucharist / Mass / Sacraments
by asiel · Published January 28, 2018 · Last modified January 25, 2018
The mystery of the Holy Mass lies solely in the Eucharist, the Eucharist being a commemoration of the Last Supper event, writes Joachim Anakwenze.
