FRANKFURT, Germany — Protestant and Catholic worshippers in Germany defied Church teaching on Sunday by taking part in each other’s celebration of the Lord’s Supper at an Ecumenical ...

While some Protestant groups —such as the Disciples of Christ—admit any baptized believer to the Communion table, most take the view that admittance to the sacrament should be preceded by a ...

CNA Staff, May 21, 2021 / 05:45 am. An ecumenical event in Germany last weekend culminated with the Catholic and Protestant leaders of the initiative publicly receiving communion in each others ...

Stuttgart, Germany, Jun 1, 2022 / 02:45 am. A Muslim politician and at least one Protestant politician have received Communion at Masses celebrated by bishops during a multi-day Catholic event in ...

Communion has been the subject of some recent high-profile debates, ranging from calls to deny the sacrament to Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry to a decision to revoke the first ...

Presumably, if ever there were a moment for Francis to publicly deny Communion to a politician, that would have been it, but there is no record that he did that. Which brings me back to now.

He recently did it again when he seemed to suggest that a Lutheran could receive Communion in the Catholic Church after consulting her conscience. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

The Protestant Reformation urged more frequent reception of Communion by the laity “in both kinds” (bread and wine), as well as emphasizing “real” bread.

Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops' conference, defended the plan for "ecumenically mindful" reception of Communion in Catholic and Protestant services during Germany's ...

THAT ardent Protestant before Protestantism, Saint Francis of Assisi, standing humbly before the great Pope Innocent, defended his wandering brothers, preaching without license, bringing souls to ...

Another well-known Protestant politician received Communion personally from Bishop Georg Bätzing, chairman of the German bishops’ conference, at the same event. A Service of EWTN News, Inc.