One of the most fundamental teachings and practices of the Catholic Church is the Holy Eucharist. The Church derives its life from the Eucharist. The Eucharist is the “source and summit” of the ...

1106. "Together with the anamnesis, the epiclesis is at the heart of each sacramental celebration, most especially of the Eucharist: You ask how the bread becomes the Body of Christ, and the wine ...

This exploration traces the origins of the Christian Eucharist, showing how it evolved not from a single event like the Last ...

There is a reason that we have traditionally spoken of Christ’s presence in the Eucharist as the “Blessed Sacrament.” We ...

The Eucharist is at the center of the sacramental economy, as the culmination of Christian initiation. The Eucharist enlightens the other sacraments and it is their meeting-point.

Late Sunday morning, people gathered outside of St. Augustine Catholic Church for a processional they hoped would bring Jesus ...

Under a canopy, Pope Leo XIV carries the Eucharist in a monstrance during a Corpus Christi procession from Rome’s Basilica of ...

Blessed Carlo Acutis’ mother, Antonia Acutis, reacted joyfully to the news that her son and fellow Italian Blessed Pier ...

Despite hot, windy conditions, nearly 150 people participated on Sunday in the Feast of Corpus Christi procession, an annual ...

The Eucharist was, and still is, in a crystal case called a luna — used for insertion in a monstrance — that was badly scorched and blackened by the flames. A Service of EWTN News, Inc.