Communion
Catholics are asking for bread. Their bishops are giving stones.
By Marianne Duddy-Burke — June 10, 2021
(RNS) — A push to deny Communion to pro-choice Catholic politicians is symbolic of denial of care in other forms.
As Catholic bishops’ Communion war roils June meeting, look what’s not on the agenda
By Thomas Reese — June 8, 2021
(RNS) — It is sad that the U.S. bishops are so focused on the Communion war that they have no energy for anything else.
Communion ban for pro-choice politicians is an old story, but the stakes have grown
By Claire Giangravé — June 7, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — While this debate has happened before, the context in the US Catholic church and its dynamic with the Vatican have changed.
Four reasons for the Vatican’s action on Communion for pro-choice politicians
By Thomas Reese — May 26, 2021
(RNS) — When bishops argue in public, it disturbs the myth of a united magisterium.
Vatican cautions bishops on denying Communion to politicians who back abortion
By Jack Jenkins — May 10, 2021
(RNS) — The cleric argued it is 'misleading' to suggest abortion and euthanasia are 'the only grave matters of Catholic moral and social teaching that demand the fullest level of accountability on the part of Catholics.'
Vatican prelate says individual bishops have final say on Communion
By Claire Giangravé — May 6, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — ‘It’s not up to bishops in general to make these decisions. It’s the bishop of the person,’ said Cardinal Michael Czerny. But at least one canon lawyer argues that when it comes to Communion for heads of state, it should really be up to the pope himself.
Politicizing Biden’s faith is pastoral malpractice
By John Gehring — May 5, 2021
(RNS) — Deploying Communion as a bludgeon to selectively sanction elected officials on a single issue is not the answer.
Catholic bishops who want to deny Biden Communion may have to reckon with the pope
By Jack Jenkins and Claire Giangravé — May 5, 2021
WASHINGTON (RNS) — When polled in November 2020, most Catholics opposed denying Communion to politicians simply because they support abortion rights.
The Biden Communion stories are stupid
By Thomas Reese — May 4, 2021
(RNS) — The bishops’ conference denying Communion to Biden is about as likely as the National Governors Association impeaching the president.
Without church or internet, many South Africans turn to liturgies at home
By Ricardo da Silva — July 10, 2020
(RNS) — ‘The church in South Africa, still, is rooted in the Mass experience,’ said a parish priest of Our Lady of Peace in Johannesburg.
Pandemic will alter Communion rituals for many US Christians
By David Crary — May 19, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Striking changes in Communion will take place at Catholic and Protestant churches across the United States over coming weeks as restrictions on large gatherings — imposed because of the coronavirus outbreak — are gradually eased.
Online Communion should be celebrated, not shunned, says Diana Butler Bass
By Bob Smietana — May 15, 2020
(RNS) — God can be present when people celebrate Communion online, says writer and author Diana Butler Bass, and not just when worshippers are in the same room.
As coronavirus keeps parishioners homebound, Christian clergy debate online Communion
By Jack Jenkins — March 27, 2020
(RNS) — With churchgoers holed up in their homes for weeks and even months to come, Christian leaders are starting to ask: Is Communion appropriate for cyberspace?
Coronavirus is a physical and spiritual threat
By Thomas Reese — March 12, 2020
(RNS) — The saints of old risked their lives for those with the plague. We can at least do our civic duty.
With coronavirus concerns, sales up for prepackaged Communion cups and wafers
By Adelle M. Banks — March 11, 2020
(RNS) — ‘What we’re trying to do is minimize any kind of unnecessary touch here,’ said the Rev. Justin Coleman, pastor of a North Carolina church.
