Nine youths received First Holy Communion at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Oct. 29. The youth completed instruction on the meaning of the Sacrament of Holy Communion by Pastor Janell Wigen. During ...

BERLIN — Defying a papal admonition against receiving Communion in churches that are not Roman Catholic, a lay organization that aims to reform the Catholic Church said it plans to share Communion ...

The Lutheran World Federation has elected the first woman to head its global communion of churches. The Rev. Anne Burghardt, an Estonian theologian, was chosen June 19 by the LWF Council as the next ...

Three young people received the sacrament of first holy communion at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Wilkes-Barre. They attended a series of classes in preparation and baked the bread used during ...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis says the Vatican has "not put the brakes on" the possibility of communion for the Lutheran spouses of Catholics. On his flight back to Rome after an ...

CHICAGO (RNS) — When the Rev. Anne Burghardt was elected general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation in 2021, the Estonian theologian became the first pastor from Central and Eastern Europe to ...

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 231 State St., Nanticoke, recently celebrated four individuals receiving their first Holy Communion. Xiomara Garcia, Sapphire Santiago, Jacob Bartuski and Evan ...

BRATTLEBORO -- Eucharistic Ministers from Trinity Lutheran Church will serve communion to residents of Holton Home after providing a brief, non-denominational Christian service on Sunday, March 2. The ...

RACINE - Every Sunday last summer, members of Holy Communion Lutheran Church made their way to the church's basement for morning worship services. Upstairs, the sanctuary of the historic church at ...