U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi received Holy Communion during a Wednesday Mass at the Vatican despite her unwavering support for abortion rights. Pope Francis presided over the morning Mass, which ...

It sometimes takes a mystic to pierce through the familiar aspects of our Catholic faith and help us appreciate them anew. That’s what St. John Paul II did for me and my Eucharistic devotion. I had ...

Bishop Michael Martin's letter has exposed divisions over liturgical authority, leadership style and worship practices. The ...

D.D. Emmons writes on why people shouldn't leave Mass early and why they shouldn't arrive late to Mass either.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – This year the Advance/SILive.com is documenting the sights from one of the shared milestones for young Roman Catholics: First Holy Communion. This past weekend we photographed ...

As a parent of young children, the importance of First Communion was not lost on me, although I admit I had not anticipated any sense of excitement or anything beyond the happiness that my child had ...

Some insist that what's simulated by tech is just as real as anything in the physical world. If true, what implications does ...

Second grade students of St. Mary’s/SS. Peter and Paul’s Churches will receive their First Holy Communion today at 10 a.m. in SS. Peter and Paul’s Church, 1000 Main St.: Hugh Bentham, Jacob Black, ...