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Why US Catholics are planning pilgrimages in communities across the nation

United States AP A long-planned series of Catholic pilgrimages has begun across the United States on the weekend, with pilgrims embarking on four routes before converging on Indianapolis in two months for a major gathering focusing on Eucharistic rites and devotions. The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is beginning with Masses and other events in California, Connecticut, […]

Essay: The Catholic Church needs married priests now

US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says that at the Last Supper, Jesus said, ‘”Do this in memory of me”. He did not say, “Be celibate”…

Essay: Communion should be personal, not political

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US Catholic commentator JOHN GEHRING, in an article first published on Religion News Service, disgrees with the decision of a Catholic priest last Sunday to deny former US Vice President and presidential candidate Joe Biden Communion on the basis of his position on abortion… 

Protestant churches embrace gluten-free bread for Communion as Vatican reaffirms ban

RNS While the Roman Catholic world digests a Vatican letter confirming the church’s prohibition on gluten-free wafers, Protestant churches continue to place orders for a Eucharist that won’t bother the gluten-intolerant. Gluten or no gluten – the difference is theological. Protestant churches generally do not subscribe to the doctrine of transubstantiation, which holds that during […]