Catholics who attended Easter Mass at a historic Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, church were met with a disturbing sight when they left the service to go back home — at least 100 Communion wafers were ...
ST. CLOUD, Fla. (AP) — The Diocese of Orlando is defending a Catholic priest accused of biting a woman who tried to grab Holy Communion wafers during Mass at a central Florida church. The ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (KRON) – Several churches in South Carolina are now offering their parishioners a gluten-free option of the Holy Eucharist. Why the extra option? Church officials say it’s for members ...
Crunchy yet tender, sweet and high in calories, there’s a peculiar Italian snack which is sandwiched between two pieces of Christian communion wafers. The ostie piene, or “filled hosts” – a ...
A potato chip commercial that features nuns receiving the crispy snacks for communion is “blasphemy” and should be taken off the air, according to an Italian Catholic organization. The spot by Amica ...
The photos of a communion wafer with a large red smudge on it started popping up on social media and religious websites in October. Those who shared the images made an extraordinary claim: The smudge ...
VATICAN CITY — Not even the Pope can change the fact that only bread can serve as the host that is transformed into the body of Christ during Mass. That's the reality that Bishop John Smith of Trenton ...
A recent letter from the Vatican reminded the world’s Catholic bishops of a rule mandating the use of wheat gluten for the celebration of the Eucharist, a Christian liturgical service called the Mass ...
On a recent Sunday morning at Grace Church in Ridgewood, the service closely resembled how the congregation worshiped before the pandemic. Senior pastor Aaron Syvertsen preached a sermon, as usual.
LA PAZ (Reuters) - A Bolivian avant-garde restaurant hopes this week to serve a well-known non-paying customer and receive a holy seal of approval for its new creation: a quinoa-based communion wafer.