If you hear about a place where the purest and most precious gem is given free of charge, and you can come daily and get as many gems as you want, will you come, as fast as you can, every day? In the ...

Dear friends, there is no doubt that an unforgettable meeting with Jesus is First Holy Communion, a day to be remembered as one of life’s most beautiful. … Children receive this sacrament solemnly a ...

Growing up in my small parish in Iowa, I always loved Communion — and not only because I knew that by the time Communion came around, Mass was almost over. But even when I was a kid, something within ...

Our contemporary social and ecological challenges clearly call for significant changes in the way we live. But they also call for substantive changes in who we are. This means that although lifestyle ...

The Solemnity of Corpus Christi is a time for Christians to remember that God will meet their basic needs to eat and to be filled with the joy and amazement of receiving loving nourishment from Jesus ...

Caption - Pope Francis pauses in prayer in front of a statue of Mary after celebrating Mass in Steppe Arena in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Sept. 3, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) The National ...

When a 2019 Pew survey revealed that only 31% of Catholics believe in a basic tenet of their faith — that the Body and Blood of Christ are truly, really, and substantially present in the Eucharist — ...

Almost two-thirds of Catholics believe in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, but only 17% of adult Catholics physically attend Mass at least once per week, according to a newly published ...