When it comes to religious milestones, the first Holy Communion is an important one in some Christian traditions. It usually happens when a child is around eight years old and in the springtime due to ...

For some children, desperate to grow up faster, First Communion is a milestone. No longer will Catholic kids have to cross their hands over their chests, getting just a blessing and sometimes a touch ...

Transubstantiation is dogma in the Roman Catholic Church. The consecration and conversion of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ -- the real substance of the Savior, ingested -- is at the ...

The Holy Father remembered Pope St. Pius X and reviewed his Church reforms and renewals during Wednesday's general audience catechesis. Pope Benedict highlighted the importance of St. Pius X's decree ...

Crosby Harris and Constantin Marquez are seen with their first holy Communion art. (Credit: CNS composite; photo courtesy the Harris and Marquez families via The Catholic Spirit.) METUCHEN, New Jersey ...

The Emigrants Commission will be holding First Communion and Confirmation ceremonies for migrant children on 29 July and 26 August. Children must be at least seven years old for the First Communion ...

Moravian churches throughout the world were given the option of serving Holy Communion to children before they have been confirmed in a close vote taken at the 39th World-Wide Unity Synod, which ...