He decided against using separate wine and non-wine chalices because he wanted everyone in his 70-strong congregation to feel they were 'together' during communion. Mr Filmer, vicar at St Peter and St ...

LIBERTY, Mo. — The vineyard outside Hosanna! Lutheran Church was full of families laughing and harvesting grapes Sunday morning. “You can see right here it brings the whole congregation together,” ...

Phoenix Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, foreground, and priests distribute Communion in front of St. Mary's Basilica during an outdoor Mass in downtown Phoenix in 2009. (CNS/Catholic Sun/J.D. Long-Garcia) ...

For the first time in more than 2½ years, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans is letting clergy offer communion wine as the blood of Christ. The church halted the practice at the beginning ...

LIBERTY, Mo. — More than 1,000 pounds of grapes were recently stolen from a Liberty church, squashing the congregation's hopes of continuing one of its traditions. Pastor Michael Kern with Hosanna!

Four of New Jersey’s five Catholic dioceses have suspended the distribution of communion wine during Mass in an effort to limit the spread of coronavirus, church officials said. The temporary ban on ...

(RNS) The Roman Catholic bishop of Phoenix has backtracked on plans to restrict Communion wine at Mass after a local outcry and consultation with other bishops. Bishop Thomas Olmsted had said that ...

There are those who believe the church isn't synonymous with modern living and staunchly holds onto old traditions. But one church has shown that it's happy to move with the times. Taking into account ...

A century-old tradition of selling Communion wine by a Christian bookshop chain is to come to an end because of the Government's reform of the licensing laws. The Society for Promoting Christian ...

BRANDON, South Dakota — A South Dakota family went unexpectedly viral after filming a 7-year-old during her first communion ceremony. Stefanie Heidebrink was attending her daughter Brynley ...