The U.K. bishops’ announcement comes after COVID-19 transmission concerns caused a three-year hiatus in the use of the chalice to distribute Communion.

The Archdiocese of Newark is lifting COVID-19 restrictions on using a shared chalice for Communion and holy water in the Catholic churches it oversees in four New Jersey counties just prior to ...

Holy communion is one of the central sacraments of the Christian faith, with the bread and wine given to the congregation symbolising the body and blood of Christ.

Deacon Rachid Murad offers the chalice to a communicant during his ordination to the diaconate at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 25, 2019. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) WASHINGTON ...

Holy Communion — so sacred and central to the Catholic faith — has simple beginnings with the religious sisters around the country who make these altar breads both as a ministry and a ...

Newark Archdiocese lifts COVID restrictions on shared Communion chalice, holy water Updated: Mar. 17, 2023, 8:49 a.m. | Published: Mar. 17, 2023, 7:53 a.m.