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Nuns at a convent in Ellisville make communion wafers for churches in the St. Louis area and beyond. Sister Maria Fatima measures water to mix with the flour for the altar bread on Tuesday, March 20, ...

The sisters in Clyde were already running a school and a print shop when they branched off into altar bread production in 1910. "We were the largest religious producer of altar breads in the U.S.," ...

LITTLE ROCK — Once a place of bloody sacrifice, the altar now serves a variety of roles in worship. The slaughtered lambs of Old Testament days might be gone, but to some Christians the altar remains ...

Traditions vary among Christian denominations and among some of the world's other major faith groups when it comes to the treatment of holy texts and sacred spaces. While some can't imagine disposing ...

Viewers’ association accuses Amica Chips of resorting to blasphemy in order to increase sales An Italian TV advert that depicts nuns eating crisps instead of altar bread while receiving holy communion ...