Holy Communion

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At the age of seven he received his first holy communion from the pope in the Vatican.
七歲時他在梵蒂岡從教皇手中領(lǐng)受了他第一次圣餐。
Near the end of the Mass Benedict walked down from the altar to distribute Holy Communion.
在彌撒快結(jié)束時，教皇本篤走下神壇分發(fā)圣餐。
Forty-five percent of Catholics did not know that their church teaches that the consecrated bread and wine in holy communion are not merely symbols, but actually become the body and blood of Christ.
45%的天主教徒不知道他們的教會教導(dǎo)圣餐禮上的圣餅和葡萄酒不只是象征性的，而是真的變成了基督的身體和血液。

During all that time he failed to bring a single officer to the Christian rite of Holy Communion.
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Obama was greeted by several parishioners with handshakes and smiles as the church members were returning to their seats from Holy Communion, which the first family also joined.
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Holy Communion is the most important religious service in the Christian church, in which people share bread and wine as a symbol of the Last Supper and the death of Christ.