The distribution of Holy Communion to a group of Finnish Lutherans in St. Peter’s basilica last week was a mistake and not a sign that the Church is changing its practice on access to the Sacraments, ...

In what one official called the “penultimate” step toward full communion with the United Methodist Church, delegates at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s biennial assembly overwhelmingly ...

Catholic teaching sees the Eucharist as Christ’s transformative sacrifice on the cross and this Holy Communion must only be received worthily. This teaching is not partisan, but it certainly applies ...

The Lutheran World Federation has elected the first woman to head its global communion of churches. The Rev. Anne Burghardt, an Estonian theologian, was chosen June 19 by the LWF Council as the next ...

A major trend among Protestants is a denomination-crossing liturgical renewal that has restored much ceremony to Sunday services, and is elevating the sacrament toward equality with the preaching word ...