Drinking from the same cup, the Episcopalians shared more than the blood of Christ. They shared bacteria. A new report showed that strains of bacteria, which could cause respiratory infections and ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston-area Archdiocese Cardinal Daniel DiNardo advised Saturday that parishioners limit physical contact at mass. In the wake of the spread of coronavirus, the ...

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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 ...

The archbishops of Canterbury and York are recommending that churches stop sharing the chalice at communion over swine flu fears, the Church of England said Thursday. The archbishops wrote a letter to ...

This year amid the flu epidemic in the United States, several dioceses have issued recommendations for receiving Communion, offering the sign of peace and even attending Mass. According to a report by ...

The Catholic Archdiocese of Newark is lifting the 3-year-old pandemic restrictions on drinking Communion from a shared chalice as of April 6. Parishes can then begin offering the traditional "Blood of ...

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Many believe Communion chalices used by worshippers during church services are teeming with germs, but a New Jersey biologist says it is not a risk. "People who sip from ...

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As fears of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus continue, Birmingham’s Catholic bishop has suspended the use of the sacramental chalice as part of taking communion. Bishop Robert J. Baker sent a ...

BREWSTER – Parishioners at St. Lawrence O'Toole Church are praying for the return of two Communion chalices after a brazen burglary from the sacristy this weekend. The Rev. Richard Gill, the ...

Grodno customs officers handed a silver communion cup to the Holy Nativity of the Theotokos Convent in Grodno.