VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Coastal Community Church, like many other churches, has been working to find the solution to a critical question -- How can its members practice communion during an ongoing ...

Bishop Michael Martin wrote that his guidelines are to strengthen unity in worship, uphold the church's liturgical norms and encourage active participation by the faithful.

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.

As the parishioners of St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Charlotte count down the days to Christmas, they’re also awaiting another ...

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 other side ...

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 ...

Catholic church officials in the Bay Area, in an attempt to reduce the spread of the flu, have suspended several long-standing traditions of the Mass -- including sharing a chalice of wine symbolizing ...

June 29 (UPI) --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 ...

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 ...

Parishioners attend the Inclusive Christmas Mass at St. Bernadette Catholic Church in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Dec. 27, where ...

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. - Health officials say hundreds of people may have been exposed to hepatitis A while receiving communion on Christmas Day at a church on Long Island, N.Y. The Nassau County ...