When the coronavirus pandemic hit Houston, Christ the Good Shepherd Catholic Community got creative. Masses were moved to livestream on Facebook, and children continued their faith formation on Zoom.

I know Facebook theology is always hit and miss, and context can be lost and I probably should have just let it slide, but it struck me: namely, the accusation that only TRUE Catholics receive on the ...

Last week’s Gospel and my reflection last week both focused on earthly food: Jesus multiplied loaves and fishes to feed the crowd, and I discussed how the specter of “overpopulation” fueled opposition ...

Today's first reading sounds like a description of a feast of fools. Who would brag that they were singled out to receive a special invitation addressed to the ignorant or a reserved place at the ...

ROME — President Joe Biden received Communion at St. Patrick’s Church during Saturday Vigil Mass, a day after saying Pope Francis told him he should continue to partake in the sacrament, despite the ...

Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington leaves in procession after taking possession of his titular Church of the Immaculate Conception of Mary in the Grottarossa neighborhood of northern Rome Sept. 27.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone are seen in this composite photo. (Credit: CNS composite/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters, and Lisa Johnston, St.

When anything to do with the Eucharist gets media attention it’s mainly “negative” material or else stories that are really peripheral to the sacrament. A couple of scenarios come to mind: when a ...

A priest prepares to distribute Communion during Mass in Washington. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) A draft document about the Eucharist being prepared by a group of U.S. bishops ahead of the fall meeting of ...

Church member J.H. Brittain worried about the spread of disease caused by hundreds of parishioners drinking from the same Communion cup. The Englishman wrote to the editors of the Lancet, an ...