
Communion Rails Return as Churches Embrace Beauty and Reverence
A growing number of Catholic parishes in the U.S. are restoring altar rails, renewing reverence and transforming the faithful’s experience of the Holy Eucharist.
A growing number of Catholic parishes in the U.S. are restoring altar rails, renewing reverence and transforming the faithful’s experience of the Holy Eucharist.
‘I wanted to be like him — adventurous and loving, a person who would give my time and love to the poor and lonely. I wanted to bring people closer to Christ, just as he did.’
COMMENTARY: The young Italian girl sought to conform her whole existence to her Lord and God present on the altar.
The bishops’ spring meeting highlighted their ongoing three-year Eucharistic Revival, which received the blessing and praise of Pope Francis.
COMMENTARY: The Blessed Mother should be our model.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith prefect’s May 7 letter offers guidance for the discussion the U.S. bishops intend to have on the issue in June and counsels caution on several grounds.
Speaking with the Register, San Francisco’s shepherd discusses his new pastoral letter on abortion, reception of Communion, and the actions of Catholics in public life.
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