The bishops of England and Wales announced this week that the distribution of Holy Communion from the chalice during Mass will resume starting Holy Thursday. The U.K. bishops’ announcement comes after ...

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The Archdiocese of Newark is lifting COVID-19 restrictions on using a shared chalice for Communion and holy water in the Catholic churches it oversees in four New Jersey counties just prior to Easter ...

On Sunday, May 22, I received the precious blood at a small Dominican priory. When the time came for Communion, I stepped forward and received the host on my tongue, then the priest placed the chalice ...

As fears of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus continue, Birmingham’s Catholic bishop has suspended the use of the sacramental chalice as part of taking communion. Bishop Robert J. Baker sent a ...

The Catholic Archdiocese of Newark is lifting the 3-year-old pandemic restrictions on drinking Communion from a shared chalice as of April 6. Parishes can then begin offering the traditional "Blood of ...

A pewter communion chalice has found its way back to Mascoutah, 123 years after a a parishioner pulled it out of debris at a local church and kept it as a souvenir of a deadly tornado. The chalice was ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston-area Archdiocese Cardinal Daniel DiNardo advised Saturday that parishioners limit physical contact at mass. In the wake of the spread of coronavirus, the ...

This year amid the flu epidemic in the United States, several dioceses have issued recommendations for receiving Communion, offering the sign of peace and even attending Mass. According to a report by ...

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Many believe Communion chalices used by worshippers during church services are teeming with germs, but a New Jersey biologist says it is not a risk. "People who sip from ...