A spokesperson for the Church of England said: “Church of England churches across the country routinely offer ‘gluten free’ bread or ‘non-alcoholic’ wine at Holy Communion.

Whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. — 1 Corinthians 11:26 When Apollo 11’s Eagle lunar module landed on the moon’s Sea of ...

6 Catholic parishes suspending communion wine chalices by: Aidan Joly Posted: Jan 8, 2024 / 06:11 PM EST Updated: Jan 8, 2024 / 09:43 PM EST ...

One holy heist saw 25 pieces of communion silver, including a 450-year-old Elizabethan chalice worth £30,000, stolen from a locked safe in the vestry of Lady St Mary Church in Wareham.

The Archdiocese of St. Louis' Reclamation Center has roughly 3,000 used religious and liturgical items inventoried, ready to be put back into use in the Catholic church.

The Archdiocese of Newark is lifting COVID-19 restrictions on using a shared chalice for Communion and holy water in the Catholic churches it oversees in four New Jersey counties just prior to ...

Washington D.C., Mar 2, 2023 / 16:00 pm The bishops of England and Wales announced this week that the distribution of holy Communion from the chalice during Mass will resume starting Holy Thursday.

The U.K. bishops’ announcement comes after COVID-19 transmission concerns caused a three-year hiatus in the use of the chalice to distribute Communion.

But now, only one loaf of bread is bought and placed up front with the filled chalice for consecration, he said. The change has also made the process more efficient because members no longer come ...

Deacon Rachid Murad offers the chalice to a communicant after his ordination to the diaconate at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 25, 2019. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) ...

“It is always an option, and not a requirement, for individuals to receive from the Chalice," said the Very Rev. Michael D. Balash, director of the Office of Worship and Vicar for Clergy.