Sacrament of Communion

Biden communion denial was required by diocesan policy

By JD Flynn and Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency, Octobert 30, 2019 A policy in the Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina requires priests to withhold the Eucharist from politicians and political candidates who support legal protection for abortion. “Catholic public officials who... read more

Biden Denied Communion at South Carolina Church Due to Stance On Abortion

By Tobia Hoonhaut, National Review, October 29, 2019 Former Vice President Joe Biden was denied Holy Communion by a Catholic priest in South Carolina on Sunday because of his public stance on abortion. Father Robert E. Morey confirmed to the Florence Morning News via email on Monday that he... read more

Cardinal Müller and Bishop Schneider praise English King Henry VIII’s rebuke of Martin Luther

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, LifeSiteNew, September 23, 2019 Two high-ranking prelates of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Gerhard Müller and Bishop Athanasius Schneider, have written strong endorsements of a new German edition of one of the most significant refutations of Protestant doctrine... read more
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Bishop Jenky: Real Presence not ‘opinion,’ but ‘foundational’ to Catholic faith

By Tom Dermody, Catholic News Service, September 18, 2019 PEORIA, Illinois - Acknowledging evidence that “for several generations” the Catholic Church has not sufficiently taught its core truths, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky has called for all ministries of the Diocese of Peoria to be... read more

Teaching, and Living, the Real Presence in the Eucharist

COMMENTARY: Church teachings make little sense when there is not a corresponding lived reality. Pia de Solenni, September 11, 2019 Editor’s Note: The Register will include this commentary in a special section dedicated to the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist in its Sept. 29 print... read more

Catholic schools must restore America’s faith in the Real Presence

BY PATRICK J. REILLY, AUGUST 26, 2019 “He is truly there in the Eucharist,” says Amelia Shripka. The 8th-grader at Everest Collegiate High School and Academy in Clarkston, Michigan takes delight in the Eucharistic procession that her school holds every year. It’s a “great time to... read more

CATHOLICS TO US BISHOPS: RESTORE EUCHARISTIC BELIEF THROUGH TRADITION, ORTHODOXY

by Bradley Eli, M.Div., Ma.Th.  •  ChurchMilitant.com  •  August 15, 2019    Even non-Catholics say reverence is key while bishops offer reading material WASHINGTON (ChurchMilitant.com) - Catholics and even non-Catholics are telling the U.S. bishops... read more

J.D. Vance Becomes Catholic

By Rod Dreher, American Conservative, August 11, 2019 J.D. Vance has just been baptized by Father Henry Stephan, OP, in Cincinnati. I’ve been in Cincinnati, Ohio, for a special reason this weekend: my friend J.D. Vance was baptized and received into the Catholic Church. This has been a... read more

Only 26% of US Catholics under 40 Believe in the Real Presence, and That’s No Accident

By Steve Skojec, August 6, 2019 New research from Pew published this month indicates that only 26% of US Catholics under the age of 40 believe in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. In his book, Index of Leading Catholic Indicators, Kenneth C. Jones cites a 1994 poll conducted by... read more

Catholic Bishop: Fighting Abortion is the “Most Important Human Rights Issue of Our Time”

By Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews.com, August 9, 2019 Catholic Archbishop Joseph Naumann praised pro-life advocates for fighting for the “most important human rights issue of our time” Monday during the national Diocesan Pro-Life Leadership Conference. The Catholic Herald reports Naumann... read more

Only half of US Catholics get Church teaching on Communion, study finds

By Elise Harris, Senior Correspondent, July 23, 2019 Pope Francis gives the Holy Communion to a boy during a Mass in the Church of the Sacred Heart of Rakovsky, Bulgaria, Monday, May 6, 2019. (Credit: AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino.) ROME - Results from a new Pew survey show that Jews are the... read more

The Eucharist

Bulgarian Catholic children receive First Communion by Pope Francis in Rakovski, Bulgaria, May 6, 2019. (Vatican Media/via Reuters )

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