The sacrament of the Eucharist, sometimes referred to as Holy Communion, is steeped in tradition. One such tradition concerns the bread used during the administration of the sacrament. The bread used ...

Sister Anne Bartol, a Poor Clare, prepares altar breads at the Monastery of St. Clare in Langhorne, Pa., in this undated photo. The nuns make up to three million altar breads at their bakery each year ...

Sister Joy Ann Wege, a Benedictine Sister of Perpetual Adoration, cuts sheets of altar breads into individual presider hosts in her order's kitchen in Clyde, Mo., in this 2016 photo. (CNS ...

Catholic bishops introduce new altar wine to restore reverence in Mass. [File, Standard] Catholic bishops have introduced a new altar wine they say restores reverence to the Mass, reclaiming the ...

In his small parish outside of Venezuela's capital, Caracas, Fr. Maximo Mateos is filling his chalice with less than half the amount of wine he formerly used. The priests at Our Lady of the Rosary ...

Efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus have rekindled a millennium-old debate within Christianity. Should Eastern Orthodox priests use a shared spoon to distribute sacramental bread and wine to ...