As a parent of young children, the importance of First Communion was not lost on me, although I admit I had not anticipated any sense of excitement or anything beyond the happiness that my child had ...

The Eucharist arrives at St. Mary of the Pines in Manahawkin, New Jersey, May 29, part of the Seton Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage 2024. (photo: Jeffrey Bruno/EWTN) Register Staff Blogs ...

No wheat in wafer? That's no first Communion, Catholic Church tells girl The mother of an eight-year-old girl is taking on the Catholic Church -- after her daughter's first Holy Communion was declared ...

BRIELLE, N.J. (AP) -- An 8-year-old girl who suffers from a rare digestive disorder and cannot eat wheat has had her first Holy Communion declared invalid because the wafer contained no wheat, ...

A New Jersey family is up in arms after their non-verbal autistic son was denied First Holy Communion at their local Catholic church — sparking a social media firestorm. James and Nicole LaCugna said ...

MANALAPAN, N.J. — Nicole and Jimmy LaCugna both grew up with a strong Catholic faith. Each attended religious education as children, married in a Catholic church and sent their first son, Nicholas, ...

(The Conversation) — Biden is not the first public figure to whom the Catholic Church wants to deny Communion. Over the centuries, the Church has often come under criticism for either denying or ...