Communion
World Communion Sunday is about more than Christian unity
By Jennifer Butler — October 2, 2023
(RNS) — World Communion Sunday should be understood as a ritual that helps us envision ourselves beyond our own religious, racial, gender or national tribe and unified instead by a vision of human and planetary flourishing; a realization that all are one.
The ‘double effects’ of men behaving badly
By Phyllis Zagano — March 13, 2023
(RNS) — How some bishops and lay groups have become the de facto Catholic morality police.
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.
Pelosi now barred from Communion in at least four dioceses
By Jack Jenkins — May 26, 2022
(RNS) — Some of the bishops, all belonging to a small but vocal group of conservatives, seemed to point to an article of church law that they said compelled them to follow each other’s lead.
If Nancy Pelosi is denied Communion, why not William Barr?
By John Gehring — May 24, 2022
(RNS) — Punishing one and celebrating the other, some Catholic leaders act like mere partisans.
Banned from Communion in San Francisco, Pelosi receives Eucharist in Washington
By Jack Jenkins — May 23, 2022
WASHINGTON (RNS) — During a homily before Communion, the priest at the church railed against 'election deniers and Vatican II deniers.'
Citing abortion rights, San Francisco Archbishop bars Pelosi from Communion
By Jack Jenkins — May 20, 2022
(RNS) — 'She is not to be admitted to Holy Communion unless and until she publicly repudiate her support for abortion ‘rights’ and confess and receive absolution for her cooperation in this evil in the sacrament of Penance,' Cordileone wrote.
Catholic bishops greenlight Communion document, but don’t single out politicians
By Jack Jenkins — November 17, 2021
(RNS) — After months of controversy, a much anticipated document barely mentioned politicians at all.
In Rome and at the Vatican, Biden found refuge and welcome in Catholic community
By Claire Giangravé — November 3, 2021
(RNS) — ‘It was so not a political stunt,’ said the Rev. David McCallum. ‘No matter who was attending or their role, each person was there because they wanted to pray and participate actively in the Eucharist.’
Biden: Pope called me a ‘good Catholic,’ said to ‘keep receiving Communion’
By Jack Jenkins — October 29, 2021
(RNS) — The pope's alleged remarks are an apparent rejection of conservative Catholics who have suggested Biden be denied Communion because of his abortion stance.
Why Communion matters in Catholic life — and what it means to be denied the Eucharist
By Timothy Gabrielli — July 2, 2021
(The Conversation) — Amid controversy over US bishops’ plans to deny Communion to pro-abortion rights Catholics, a scholar of sacramental theology explains the importance of the ritual to members of the church.
Controversy over Communion in the Catholic Church goes back some 2,000 years
By Mathew Schmalz — June 28, 2021
(The Conversation) — Biden is not the first public figure to whom the Catholic Church wants to deny Communion. Over the centuries, the Church has often come under criticism for either denying or giving Communion.
Who are the Catholic bishops drafting the controversial Communion document?
By Jack Jenkins, Alejandra Molina, and Claire Giangravé — June 25, 2021
(RNS) — A look at the clerics tasked with penning a document many see as a rebuke of President Joe Biden.
The holy war against President Biden
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 21, 2021
(RNS) — President Biden deserves Communion. At least, this rabbi thinks so.
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.
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