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Why the Catholic Church bans gluten-free communion wafers

  • Written by Joanne M. Pierce, Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
imageA worshipper receives Communion.Amr Nabil/AP Photo

A recent letter from the Vatican reminded the world’s Catholic bishops of a rule mandating the use of wheat gluten for the celebration of the Eucharist, a Christian liturgical service called the Mass by Catholics.

Reactions were immediate. Catholics with celiac disease recounted their...

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