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 ...

For some children, desperate to grow up faster, First Communion is a milestone. No longer will Catholic kids have to cross their hands over their chests, getting just a blessing and sometimes a touch ...

Occasionally I'll encounter a parent who disagrees with the Episcopal Church's policy and believes there should be a formal process for admitting a child to communion. Our Roman Catholic brothers and ...

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 ...

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 ...

After testing the twirl of her frilly white dress, Elemiah Castro, 7, sat next to her peers and compared her delicate shoes with Lian Fernandes, 8, and Shea Moore, 7. The girls were serious, but ...

At my church, Prince of Peace Lutheran in Brookfield, we do not have "first communion" the way that many other churches have first communion. We do not have a period of instruction that leads up to a ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria – The Latest on Pope Francis' visit to Bulgaria (all times local): 10:45 a.m. Pope Francis is ministering to Bulgaria's young Catholics, travelling to the Catholic stronghold of ...

On Friday, the first of three rounds of displaced Iraqi children made their First Communion in a refugee camp in Erbil, providing a silver lining to an otherwise bleak situation. Out of the 5,500 ...