Church member J.H. Brittain worried about the spread of disease caused by hundreds of parishioners drinking from the same Communion cup. The Englishman wrote to the editors of the Lancet, an ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston-area Archdiocese Cardinal Daniel DiNardo advised Saturday that parishioners limit physical contact at mass. In the wake of the spread of coronavirus, the ...

The bishops of England and Wales announced this week that the distribution of Holy Communion from the chalice during Mass will resume starting Holy Thursday. The U.K. bishops’ announcement comes after ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X For years, Lei Barry’s family had a sweet Christmas Eve tradition. She and her husband and their six children would ...

As fears of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus continue, Birmingham’s Catholic bishop has suspended the use of the sacramental chalice as part of taking communion. Bishop Robert J. Baker sent a ...

On Sunday, May 22, I received the precious blood at a small Dominican priory. When the time came for Communion, I stepped forward and received the host on my tongue, then the priest placed the chalice ...

The Archdiocese of Newark is lifting COVID-19 restrictions on using a shared chalice for Communion and holy water in the Catholic churches it oversees in four New Jersey counties just prior to Easter ...

This year amid the flu epidemic in the United States, several dioceses have issued recommendations for receiving Communion, offering the sign of peace and even attending Mass. According to a report by ...

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Many believe Communion chalices used by worshippers during church services are teeming with germs, but a New Jersey biologist says it is not a risk. "People who sip from ...

Deacon Rachid Murad offers the chalice to a communicant during his ordination to the diaconate at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 25, 2019. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) WASHINGTON ...

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The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have recommended the suspension of the sharing of the chalice at communion as the spread of swine flu continues, it was announced today. Some bishops have ...