At the start of my senior year of college, I was taking the Eucharist every day. The problem was, I was not Catholic.
Sacraments
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Pope Francis: Individual bishops must decide about Communion for Protestants married to Catholics
During an inflight news conference June 21, the pope was asked about his recent decision requesting the Catholic bishops’ conference of Germany not publish nationwide guidelines for allowing Communion for such couples.
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Indiana diocese ordains five priests, largest class since 1975
With words of welcome into a new friendship with Jesus, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades ordained five men to the priesthood in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.
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Baltimore Catholics can now have that outdoor wedding they’ve dreamed of
Baltimore is not the first Catholic diocese in the United States to allow weddings outside of churches, but it is still very rare.
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Catholic Church in Congo suspends sacraments as Ebola spreads
An Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo last month has led Roman Catholics to stop administering several sacraments temporarily in an attempt to keep the deadly disease from spreading.
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Pope Francis asks German bishops to set aside plan on Communion for non-Catholic spouses
“The Holy Father has reached the conclusion that the document has not matured enough to be published.”
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What it’s like celebrating Easter behind bars
On the day after Easter, five incarcerated women were initiated into the Catholic Church.
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Pope Francis asks German bishops to find agreement on Communion for non-Catholic spouses
Pope Francis asked the bishops of Germany to continue working together to find broader consensus on guidelines for allowing a Protestant married to a Catholic to receive the Eucharist.
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Pope Francis: Standing while receiving Communion can be an act of devotion
“It is clear that what matters to Pope Francis is the transformation of individuals and communities through their attentive and communal participation in the sacramental mysteries.”
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Infographic: Generation groups and religion
Surveys suggest that younger Americans are turning away from religion, but they may not have been properly introduced to the church in the first place.