The Archdiocese of Toledo issued a clarification last week regarding a letter sent by a local pastor to his parishioners, in which he seemed to suggest that parents who do not conscientiously object ...

The hullabaloo over the First Communion of an 8-year-old New Jersey girl with celiac sprue implies obstinacy if not ignorance of the disease on the part of the involved parties. As mentioned by ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) — A pastoral letter issued May 1 by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone focuses on the unborn, Communion and Catholics in public life. It emphasizes that “those who ...

Regarding, "Autistic Boy Can’t Receive First Holy Communion," Feb. 28. To the priest who refused to allow the little autistic boy to receive his First Holy Communion; remember when the apostles ...

The Archbishop of San Francisco barred Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) from receiving communion over her support for abortion rights and access. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said in a letter to ...

You would have thought that a straightforward letter from the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Luis Ladaria — urging the bishops of the United States to slow down ...

The U.S. Conference of Bishops recently voted by 73% to draft a document on maintaining consistency with the Eucharist. It is targeted at whether Democrat pro-abortion rights politicians like Biden ...

Archbishop Cordileone's instructions apply only within the San Francisco Archdiocese. Other bishops have jurisdiction over such matters when Pelosi is in Washington, D.C., and other dioceses around ...

The Register obtains a copy of the March 22 missive which expresses serious concerns about the recent German bishops’ decision to give Holy Communion to Protestant spouses in some cases. Sources say ...

Cardinal Luis F. Ladaria, S.J., the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has sent a letter to Archbishop José H. Gomez, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, ...