The two elements of the Eucharist are bread and wine—simple gifts laden with enormous symbolic significance reaching right back to the roots, not only of Israel’s revelation, but to our own most ...

A nasty quarrel arose in the 11th century over what kind of bread should be used in holy communion. The view in Constantinople was the bread for the eucharist must be sourdough. But in Rome, an ...

VATICAN CITY — In a new letter to bishops, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments denounced abuses against the Eucharist and “lack of respect in the sacred sphere” ...

Bishops should look at ways to help verify and guarantee the validity and worthiness of the bread and wine used for the celebration of the Eucharist, the Vatican said in a recent document. Because ...

ROME — People’s hearts and the entire church must be wide open to wonder and devotion to Christ and ready to embrace everyone — sinner and saint alike, Pope Francis said. “The church of the perfect ...

The Vatican has ruled that the bread used to celebrate the Eucharist during Roman Catholic Mass must not be gluten-free, according to the BBC. Per a request from Pope Francis, Cardinal Robert Sarah ...

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The unleavened bread that Roman Catholics use in the celebration of Communion must contain some gluten, even if only a trace amount, according to a new Vatican directive. The directive, which was ...