Catholic Eucharist
Eucharistic prayer is the heart of the Eucharist
By Thomas Reese — February 7, 2023
(RNS) — The Eucharistic prayer is the most important and least understood prayer in the Mass.
The Jewish roots of the Eucharist
By Thomas Reese — January 31, 2023
(RNS) — Today’s Christian Eucharist is a combination of the Jewish synagogue service and Passover meal as adapted by the early Jewish Christians.
The Eucharist is about more than the real presence
By Thomas Reese — January 24, 2023
(RNS) — The Eucharist is not to make Jesus present so we can worship him.
Pope Francis pushes to purge liturgy of ideology in new document
By Claire Giangravé — June 29, 2022
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The liturgy, the pope wrote, should not be in service to ‘an ideological vision.’
Colorado bishops ‘weaponizing’ Communion, Catholic lawmakers say
By Kathryn Post — June 14, 2022
(RNS) — Catholic bishops asked Catholic lawmakers in Colorado who supported abortion rights legislation to voluntarily refrain from the sacrament.
5 things to watch for as Catholic bishops conference debates Communion ban
By Jack Jenkins — June 16, 2021
(RNS) — A primer as America’s Catholic bishops gather to discuss, among other things, Catholic politicians and life issues.
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.
The future of Catholic liturgical reform
By Thomas Reese — April 13, 2021
(RNS) — Other than sex, nothing is more heatedly debated in the Catholic Church than the liturgy.
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.
American Catholics, meet the Communion service
By Thomas Reese — May 14, 2020
(RNS) — The coronavirus may force American Catholics to experience what liturgical life is like in the Amazon, where there are few priests and many faithful.
Will the world end with a bang, a whimper — or Christ?
By Thomas Reese — December 1, 2019
(RNS) — The Scriptures support the optimistic view that we still have a chance to make the world welcoming for Christ and the view that Christ will come to end a world we've made a mess of.
Understanding US Catholics’ belief in the Eucharist
By Gregory A. Smith — August 19, 2019
(RNS) — Pew Research Center's understanding is that the belief that the Eucharist is really the body and blood of Christ is central to the Catholic faith. As such, we sought to measure what American Catholics believe on the subject.
Living and praying with Mark in Ordinary Time
By Thomas Reese — January 24, 2019
(RNS) — Mark is a nag, but we need him to keep us honest, to keep us from being self-satisfied in our Christianity.
Fighting wildfire with prayer, Catholics turn to Eucharistic adoration
By Kimberly Winston — November 29, 2017
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (RNS) — To bring healing from the ashes of the most destructive wildfires in California history, hundreds across the country practice Eucharistic adoration, prayer before an altar where they believe Christ's body is present.
Kneeling at NFL liturgies — it’s a little strange for a Catholic
By Thomas Reese — September 26, 2017
(RNS) — From a Catholic perspective, the controversy over kneeling during the national anthem is strange.
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