The manager of a charity shop has said she has been overwhelmed by the response to a "Say Yes to the Dress" initiative for ...

Look down at your shoes, I thought to myself. My daughter, Rachel Day, was decked out in her first Communion attire: pristine white dress, neatly kept veil and silver shoes that looked both beautiful ...

When it comes to religious milestones, the first Holy Communion is an important one in some Christian traditions. It usually happens when a child is around eight years old and in the springtime due to ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Forty-five children received the sacrament of First Holy Communion on Saturday morning in Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C. Church, Huguenot. Girls donned traditional white dresses ...

Eleven years have passed since ISIS seized Mosul and the Nineveh towns and with every anniversary commemorated each year, the same question arises: How many Iraqi Christians remain? Despite tensions ...

Young parishioners at SS. Cyril & Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church in Olyphant received their First Solemn Holy Communion on June 1. The sacrament was officiated by the Rev. Nestor Iwasiw, pastor, ...

Pitcured is the Nativity of Our Lord Parish First Holy Communion Class. First row, from left: Anna Alba, Reagan Russick, Zoe Zlotek,Nora McGowan, Bridget Soy, Fiona Melucci, Mina Boam, Carley Davies.

Over 450 boys and girls received their first holy Communion during liturgies held over the past month in various churches of the town of Qaraqosh, Iraq. (Syriac Catholic Archdiocese of Mosul) (CNA) -- ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — One hundred and sixteen children received the sacrament of First Holy Communion on Saturday morning in Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C. Church, Huguenot. Girls donned traditional ...