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 ...

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In an atmosphere of celebration, joy, and devotion, some 25,000 people, including 1,600 children in white robes and traditional costumes who received their first Communion, participated Sunday in the ...

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- When Loretta Russo found out about a free camp geared to give summer fun back to kids who are fighting cancer, the 7-year-old decided to help the only way she knew how: By ...

Nine youths received First Holy Communion at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Oct. 29. The youth completed instruction on the meaning of the Sacrament of Holy Communion by Pastor Janell Wigen. During ...

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 ...

A delegation of clergy, religious sisters and laity, together with a Chicago auxiliary bishop, were barred for the second ...