It was a typical Sunday Mass until two men in heavy makeup and nuns' habits received Holy Communion from San Francisco's top Catholic official. On Oct. 7, Archbishop George Niederauer delivered the ...

We interrupt this Communion Rite . . . These may not be the introductory words used, but they might well be. At some point, the principal celebrant intervenes with something like this: ...

FRANKFURT, Germany — Protestant and Catholic worshippers in Germany defied Church teaching on Sunday by taking part in each other’s celebration of the Lord’s Supper at an Ecumenical Convention in ...

The Catholic parish in Washington that President Joe Biden often visits for Sunday Mass said in a statement following the contentious U.S. bishops' meeting that it has no plans to deny Communion to ...

Former Vice President Joe Biden attended the 9 a.m. Mass at St. Anthony Church Oct. 27 and when he presented himself to receive the Eucharist was refused by the pastor. "Sadly, this past Sunday, I had ...