This exploration traces the origins of the Christian Eucharist, showing how it evolved not from a single event like the Last Supper but from broader Greco-Roman banquet traditions. Early Christian ...

One of Pope Francis’ most controversial moves was to restrict the use of the ancient Latin Mass; he said he did this to ...

Because this bread and wine have been made Eucharist ('eucharisted,' according to an ancient expression), 'we call this food Eucharist, and no one may take part in it unless he believes that what ...

Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full ...

Francis lived by the idea that greatness is found in humility, not spectacle. His wooden casket was adorned only with the ...

In a 2024 meeting with Syro-Malabar Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil of Ernakulam-Angamaly, Pope Francis summed up his view ...

The death of Pope Francis, after a very public diminishment, closes a signal chapter in Catholic history with absolutely no ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, will preside at the Rite of Sealing of the Coffin of Pope ...

Some 250,000 attended Pope Francis' funeral in Rome on Saturday, including world leaders and ordinary people. DW's religion ...