Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV called for "deep reflection" when reacting to news that agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security refused to allow faith leaders inside the Broadview ICE facility ...

Organizers held a Mass on All Saints Day and Día de los Muertos in Illinois. Faith leaders denounced Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for rejecting ...

This chapter exclusively explores views and experiences among U.S. Catholics (i.e., the 20% of U.S. adults who say they are Catholic when asked about their present religion). Many Americans who are ...

I recently led a spiritual pilgrimage that included Mass each day at different shrines and churches that requested us to bring our own supplies. To ease our luggage burden, each participant brought ...

Communion is an important ordinance practiced by many Christians (it's one of the seven sacraments for Catholics). After all, it's a sacred reminder of the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross for ...

The Church of England has ruled that non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used during Holy Communion. The guidance states that the bread must be made with wheat flour and the wine must ...

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi has quietly turned to Rome to resolve her two-year-old dispute with the San Francisco archbishop over her receiving Holy Communion. Pelosi for the first time has revealed ...

The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) has “unambiguously condemned” the refusal of communion “to a public representative in the diocese of Cloyne” and described as “a particularly aggravating ...