In silence we want to receive the word of God which has just ... Think of Francis and Clare of Assisi, Rose of Viterbo, Theresa of the Child Jesus, Dominic Savio: think of all the many young ...

He also continued to receive numerous commissions ... the Straw (‘The Michielsen Triptych’) (1618), The Prodigal Son (1618), The Last Communion of Francis of Assisi (1618-9), Christ on the Cross (‘Le ...

When we receive our Lord in holy Communion, we should receive him in the way we encounter a loved one: with reverence, care, gentleness and humility. For in the holy Eucharist, the Catechism of ...

The mother of soon-to-be canonized Carlo Acutis spoke to a capacity crowd of more than 2,500 people at St. Patrick’s ...

Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as ...

Some 10,000 Catholics gathered in a tiny village parish in southern India recently to witness the official declaration of a ...

We should seek to live simply, to take only what we need and share what we have, to see ourselves in kinship with all of ...

Representatives from 16 world Communions gathered in Assisi from May 5-7, to discuss the development of a common liturgical ...

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Just to set the record straight, the simple truth is that it is not against Catholic doctrine for Protestants to receive Communion ... we experience “communion in the Holy Spirit.” ...

A painting depicting St. Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata by Bicci di ... during a feast or during Holy Week. They disappear 24 to 48 hours later, or sometimes never, as in the case ...

Mr Herbert said his client has six children and he would like to attend his daughter’s First Holy Communion which is an important day. He described it as Mr Connors “last hurrah”.