“What does it mean to receive Jesus in Holy Communion? It’s like Jesus is giving us a big hug, saying, ‘I love you so much. I want you to be close to me always,’” says Russell Pollitt, S.J., pastor of ...

(ZENIT News / Mosul, 10.07.2025) – 450 boys and girls received their First Communion during the month of June, in various churches in the Syrian Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul, Iraq. In Qaraqosh, known ...

Holy Spirit Parish recently celebrated First Holy Communion at St. Mary’s Church in Mocanaqua. Seven young people from St. Adalbert’s Church in Glen Lyon and St. Martha’s Church in Fairmount Springs ...

Is your child ready to take communion? Here’s how to talk through this sacred moment and prepare them with reverence and gratitude. Some churches subscribe to open communion, which adheres to the idea ...