First, that bread made with wheat and the fermented juice ... gluten-free are invalid matter for the celebration of the Eucharist'. Under Vatican rules wine that is 'of doubtful authenticity ...

The view in Constantinople was the bread for the eucharist must be sourdough. But in Rome, an unleavened wafer had been used for longer than anyone could remember and the Vatican argued unleavened ...

The most important element of the Eucharist is the bread and the wine, but there are varying beliefs about the roles of these items. Catholics are given bread by the priest and wine from a shared ...

In the Catholic Church the Eucharist or Holy Communion is celebrated daily in the Mass. Catholics believe in transubstantiation - that the bread and wine are physically changed into the body and ...

With these family prayer ideas for children of all ages, we reflect on how the Eucharist challenges us to reach out to our sisters and brothers, as well as what it means for us to be part of the body ...

Canon 924 of the Code of Canon Law discusses valid matter — that is, the physical “stuff” necessary in order for a sacrament to “work” — for both species of the Eucharist. With respect to the bread ...

"And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake [it], and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper ...

More than 100 children from primary schools in South London were led by Archbishop John Wilson in Eucharistic adoration at St George's Cathedral in Southwark.The children joined the Archbishop on ...

The concern of the entire People of God, meanwhile, is the Eucharistic bread that was in the monstrance. The fear is that the host has been desecrated. For this reason, Archbishop Peter Machado ...

Canon 924 of the Code of Canon Law discusses valid matter -- that is, the physical "stuff" necessary in order for a sacrament to "work" -- for both species of the Eucharist. With respect to the bread ...

In previous columns, I have shown how certain truths of the faith in the New Testament were prefigured and foreshadowed in the Old Testament. Here, I will focus on the Eucharist. There are a ...