The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops recently approved drafting a document on receiving Communion in the Catholic Church. It will include a section regarding standards for politicians and ...

(RNS) — A letter has exposed divisions over liturgical authority, leadership style and worship practices.

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.

Rep. Ted Lieu went on a rant this weekend against the Catholic Church calling U.S. bishops "hypocrites" and "nakedly partisan" for seeking to update Communion guidance that could rebuke politicians ...

The wailing of bagpipes sounded Sunday morning in the quiet neighborhood outside Pennside Presbyterian Church. With kilts swaying, six pipers from Hamilton Celtic Pipes and Drums marched into the ...

The Press Office of the Holy See made public today Pope Benedict XVI’s message for the upcoming World Day of Prayer for Vocations, which falls on Sunday, April 29th. The Holy Father referred to the ...

(RNS) — Clericalism cuts two ways, neither of which has been good for the church. Clerics, who believe they have all the answers and the power, tell the faithful what they can and cannot do. On the ...

WHEN I first saw the little oblong pewter disks used in the Presbyterian Church a century ago, in the preliminary arrangements for the celebration of the Lord’s Supper, and called Presbyterian checks ...

Listener Vicky Werneke of Oklahoma City, Okla., says the sound of cups clinking at her church's communion service makes her think of one word, and one idea: "community." Churches, synagogues and other ...