The Anglican Communion has denied media reports that gluten-free bread and non-alcoholic wine are being banned from Holy Communion services. People suffering from celiac disease, an autoimmune ...

priest the bread and wine necessary for the celebration of Mass. Q. 930. Is it not simony, or the buying of a sacred thing, to offer the priest money for saying Mass for your ...

This Sunday's Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ reminds us that our Lord remains truly present within us and in our churches, writes Msgr. Joseph Prior.

He has done so through the various signs of bread and wine in the Old Testament, Abram’s interaction with Melchizedek, the Passover, and the manna and quail the Israelites ate in the desert.

Holy Communion, a central sacrament in the Christian faith, involves offering bread and wine to the congregation, symbolizing the body and blood of Christ.

This makes Jesus ludicrously being equated with mere bread and wine, and the Bible disallows that. Note also Paul’s use of “drink the cup” (1 Corinthians 11:26-27).

The Mass is an offering of ourselves to God: bread and wine symbolize this offering and change. Offer the precious blood. There are more and more people who have celiac disease; ...