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Australian Priests Initiate Worldwide Petition
“January, 2012 - iPetition: Two Australian priests in the Victorian diocese of Sale have initiated a worldwide petition to the Holy Father calling for a return to Holy Communion on the tongue:” [read more >>]
Bishop Follows Pope Benedict’s Example: Kneeling Only
“January 12, 2012 - The Laitytude: (Brasilia) Bishop Msgr Antonio Keller, or German descent...”
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Phoenix bishop reverses ruling on wine for Communion
“The Arizona Republic - November 12, 2011: Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix has backed away from his ban on using consecrated wine for Communion at most Masses, a decision that was originally met with widespread outcry....” [read more >>]
German President and Vice President Receive Communion Unworthily at Papal Mass
“The Eponymous Flower - September 23, 2011: Like two willful schoolboys the President and Vice President of the German Bundestag slipped in to unworthily receive Holy Communion....” [read more >>]
Phoenix Diocese's ban on wine a major change in Mass
“The Arizona Republic - September 23, 2011: The Phoenix Diocese will stop offering consecrated wine for Communion at most Masses, a change considered one of the most fundamental to Roman Catholic Church customs in decades...” [read more >>]
Scottish archbishop tells Catholics not to kneel for communion
“August 30, 2011, CNA/EWTN News - The Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland has told Catholics in his archdiocese not to kneel to receive communion..."” [read more >>]
Auxiliary Bishop Says Communion In the Hand is a Calvinist Novelty
“The Eponymous Flower - Friday, August 12, 2011: Not Even Martin Luther Would Have Done It; In the last century the Old Liberal Bishops promoted hand Communion. They used a historical lie toward this end....” [read more >>]
Lincoln Parish Rediscovers the Communion Rail
“Examiner.com, August 4, 2011 - The communion rail is a symbolic as well as practical detail in a Church. Symbolically, it can provide a defining line between the “ordinariness” of the of the carpeted aisles and pews and the sacredness of the sanctuary where the altar and tabernacle are most often set...” [read more >>]
Spanish Cardinal recommends that Catholics receive Communion on the tongue
“Catholic News Agency, July 31, 2011: Lima, Peru - Spanish Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera recently recommended that Catholics receive Communion on the tongue, while kneeling.” [read more >>]
Priest Beaten for Celebrating Traditional Mass
“Rorate Caeli, July 26, 2011: "You have been tough, but we will smash your head. Signed, Your friend Satan". That was one of several threatening messages sent to Father Hernán García Pardo, parish priest of San Michele, in Ronta [Mugello region of the Province of Florence, Tuscany]. ” [read more >>]
Pope Benedict to Catholics: Kneel For Communion
“Pope Benedict XVI does not want the faithful receiving Communion in their hand nor does he want them standing to receive Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. According to Vatican” [read more >>]
Survey: Many Americans Know Little About Religion...
“Forty-five percent of Roman Catholics who participated in the study didn't know that, according to church teaching, the bread and wine used in Holy Communion is not just a symbol, but becomes the body and blood of Christ...” [read more >>]
Pope's master of liturgy helps Benedict restore traditions
“IN ROME On a rainy Christmas Eve, Pope Benedict XVI followed a procession of Swiss guards, bishops and priests down the central nave of St. Peter's Basilica to celebrate midnight Mass before dignitaries and a global television audience.” [read more >>]
Archbishop Suspends Communion in the Hand To Avoid Abuses of Eucharist...
“Rome, Italy, May 11, 2009 (CNA).- The Archbishop of Bologna, Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, has prohibited the reception of communion in the hand in three parishes of his archdiocese and has asked priests to be on the watch for those who may be abusing the Eucharist...” [read more >>]
Vatican official: Church should reconsider Communion in the hand
“Catholic News Service, January 31, 2008 - VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments said he thinks it is time for the Catholic Church to reconsider its decision to allow the faithful to receive Communion in the hand...” [read more >>]
Pope Benedict Sets the Norm for Receiving Communion
“On the Feast of Corpus Christi, a number of Catholic commentators took note that those who approached Pope Benedict XVI to receive Holy Communion knelt and received the Host on the tongue...” [read more >>]
Bishop Calls For Reverence, Awe, Kneeling And Receiving On Tongue
“The reverence and awe of Catholics who truly believe they are receiving Jesus in the Eucharist should lead them to kneel and receive Communion on their tongues, said a bishop writing in the Vatican newspaper. ” [read more >>]
Cardinal Arinze Highlights Abuses Of Communion In The Hand
“The Catholic News Agency, October 4, 2005 - The interventions of the Prelates present at the synod during the first general congregations of the Synod on the Eucharist, indicated their concern of the trivialization of the sacrament within ecclesial communities.” [read more >>]
Synod of Bishops Discusses Communion In The Hand
“It was not listed as a topic for discussion, but the question of Communion in the hand versus Communion on the tongue received attention at the Synod of Bishops on the...” [read more >>]
Pope ‘does not object’ to Communion in the hand, Encourages "On the tongue, kneeling, out of respect..."
“Pope Benedict has said in a new book that he is not opposed to the practice of receiving Communion in the hand. However he goes on to explain that he wants to encourage the reception of Communion on the tongue, kneeling, out of respect for the Real Presence in the Sacrament.” [read more >>]
Bishops Vote to Ask Vatican to Permit Communion in Hand, Washington, DC, June 2, 1977 (UPI)
“Roman Catholic bishops in the United States have voted to petition the Vatican to permit the practice of receiving communion in the hand in this country. ” [read more >>]
