http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Holy_Communion Posts tagged with 'Holy_Communion' at MetaFilter. Fri, 13 Aug 2004 07:28:40 -0800 Fri, 13 Aug 2004 07:28:40 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/34959/No%2Dcommunion%2Dfor%2Dyou <a href="http://www.csaceliacs.org/CDintheNews/NJCoastStar080304.php">Catholic church invalidates</a> girl's first communion <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--communioncontrove0812aug12,0,6656242.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire">because she used a gluten free wafer</a>. Haley Waldman has celiac disease which prevents her from eating wheat. It will also prevent her from receiving one of the most important sacraments of her church. Apparently, this has <a href="http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_15_37/ai_70926886">happened before</a>. According to church <a href="http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P3A.HTM">canons</a> wafers must be made only from wheat. Despite the Catholic Church's apparent inflexibility, an <a href="http://www.benedictinesisters.org/altarbread/orderform.html">extremely low gluten wafer</a> has been <a href="http://www.catholicreview.org/articles2/Newlowglutenhostsafeforceliacdiseasesufferers.htm">approved</a>, but still <a href="http://catholickey.org/index.php3?gif=news.gif&mode=view&issue=20040409&article_id=2858">may not be safe</a> for some celiac sufferers. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.34959 Fri, 13 Aug 2004 07:28:40 -0800 Catholic Holy_Communion Religion caddis