But Jesus Christ does not need their lies and depredations in the name of defending the Church. He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords because that’s who he is, not because the Church says so.

It is a holy thing to reflect on the joyful mystery of the fact that God has ... body, blood, soul and divinity – in the Eucharist. The Eucharist is Jesus Christ himself, truly present, and we ...

The centrality of the Eucharist to what it means to be a follower of Jesus and a member of his Church is illustrated in today’s painting by Peter Paul Rubens, the Flemish Baroque painter who ...

The feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, which the Church celebrates today, makes me recall the wonderful verse from the letter to the Hebrews: “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday ...

At Wednesday's general audience, Pope Francis said our participation in the Holy Eucharist at Mass is not a merely spiritual communion, but a sacramental one, uniting us to Christ and his Church.

The Feast of Corpus Christi (“Body of Christ”) is a Catholic solemnity celebrating the real presence of the body and blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in the elements of the Eucharist.

A Reflection for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Readings: Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46 1 Corinthians 10:31-11: 1 Mark 1:44-45 Here is where it happens. And by that, I do not mean the act of reading ...

Coulombe: Because it is from that organ that the Precious Blood and water (symbolizing the Eucharist and Baptism) first flowed — at least some of it into the Holy Grail, if the stories are true ...

Celebrating Corpus Christi, Benedict XVI says that "especially in our time when globalization makes us increasingly dependent upon each other, Christianity can and must ensure that this unity will ...

Pope Francis laughs after losing his zucchetto to a gust of window during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 21. At the audience the pope confirmed that he will visit ...

With these words, Christ established the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist, which has been preserved in Orthodox liturgical tradition ever since. After the Supper, Jesus urged His disciples to love ...