THE MYSTERY OF THE EUCHARIST: Special Section — Lessons From Mother Teresa, Padre Pio and the Sacred Heart St. Pio and Teresa of Calcutta inspire devotion to the Eucharist within the domestic church. ...

SCRIPTURES & ART: Peter Paul Rubens’ “Last Supper” painting imparts key lessons for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi Peter Paul Rubens, “The Last Supper,” ca. 1632 (photo: Public Domain) John ...

This essay is a Cover Story selection, a weekly feature highlighting the top picks from the editors of America Media. The call for Eucharistic revival we have heard in the church is particularly ...

(RNS) — The Eucharist should be the center of Catholic life, but falling church attendance on Sundays shows that the center is crumbling. This, along with declining belief in the real presence of ...

I discovered the Eucharist in my college chapel during my senior year. The chapel is small and relatively simple, a huge difference from the stone Gothic parish church in town, with its deep organ and ...

(RNS) — Liturgy is one of the topics to be discussed in Pope Leo XIV’s first extraordinary consistory, or meeting of cardinals called to advise the pope on particular topics, on Jan. 7-8. I hope the ...

Few persons have understood the Eucharist as deeply as St. Augustine. His homilies on it are precious, particularly those he delivered to newly baptized adults who were receiving the Eucharist for the ...

Religion, Catholicism included, can exacerbate political and cultural polarization in the United States, or it can serve as a bridge by fostering communication, understanding and respect, said a ...

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin described the Eucharist as “comparable to a blazing fire whose flames spread out like rays all round it.” Surely Chardin, passionately preoccupied with the cosmic explosion ...