Father Joshua Whitfield of Dallas, Texas spoke to OSV News after the devastating flash flooding in Texas on July 4.

A retired archbishop has said that President-elect Joe Biden should not receive Holy Communion because of his stance on abortion -- an issue that has divided Catholic leadership in the U.S.

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) – In church last Sunday, I was asked to speak about communion.

The specter of schism has hovered in recent years over the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabar ...

The United Methodist General Conference that ended May 3 approved a plan for full communion with Episcopalians, pending approval by the 2027 Episcopal Church General Convention. But what about the ...

An unofficial tally of votes by local governing units of the Presbyterian Church (USA) shows that a sufficient number have voted in favor of full communion with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in ...

Full communion between churches means not that they are identical in all ways, but that there is no barrier to exchange of their ministers and ministries.

VIRGINIA IN FULL COMMUNION. Share full article May 19, 1861 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from May 19, 1861, Page 8 Buy Reprints ...

With pomp and ceremony on January 6, the Episcopal (Anglican) Church in the United States and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) formally inaugurated full communion between the two ...

UNDATED _ With a solemn, yet joyful worship service Sunday (Oct. 4), members of four Protestant traditions celebrated their entry into full communion, promising to live”day by day”into deeper ...

Full communion means each denomination fully embraces the other as part of the universal Christian church and recognizes their sacraments as authentic; clergy from one can serve in the others church.

VATICAN: Meeting a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, ...