SCRIPTURES & ART: Peter Paul Rubens’ “Last Supper” painting imparts key lessons for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi Peter Paul Rubens, “The Last Supper,” ca. 1632 (photo: Public Domain) John ...

That "Jesus Christ continues alive and truly present in the consecrated host and the chalice" is the central point of the Catholic faith, Pope Benedict said on Thursday. He also warned against ...

The very title of Pope Saint John Paul II’s 2003 encyclical “Ecclesia de Eucharistia” (“The Church of the Eucharist”) tells us clearly that the Eucharist is at the heart of who we are as Catholics and ...

Pope Francis laughs after losing his zucchetto to a gust of window during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 21. At the audience the pope confirmed that he will visit ...

One Sunday morning, many years ago, my 3-year-old daughter broke away from my hand and took off like the wind — running as fast as her half-pint legs would carry her — right back to the church. She ...

Catholics need to recover a sense of awe and adoration before the Eucharist, knowing that it is "the real and loving presence of the Lord," Pope Francis told members of the committees organizing the ...

Elevation of the consecrated host at Mass depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Anthony's Church in North Beach, Md. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) What is the Eucharist? Who may and may not receive the ...

I ran into an Irish Christian brother, Thomas P. Draney, at a talk I gave Tuesday on Pope Francis. Draney for years has promoted the idea of Christians gathering in homes for lay-led liturgies based ...

". . . then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, 'Drink from it all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant . . .'" Matthew 26:27 “For most priests, the chalice is the most ...