The Catholic Church's Obsession With Gluten

Post by **tex** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:03 pm

Hi All,

Once again they're in the news. This story pretty well says it all:

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories ... -host.html

Clearly, gluten is addictive in more than just the conventional sense.

Tex

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:48 pm

These stories drive me crazy!! One more reason I won't attend Catholic Church for my husband who's a twice a year, if that, Catholic.
They say the Bible says the host must be made with wheat....WHO CARES?!?!? The Bible asks us to love thy neighbor, do no harm, etc.

Joefnh · Post by **Joefnh** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 3:09 pm

This is an interesting one, although I haven't been for years, I know several of the diocese in the area do allow GF communion wafers. Overall the issue is just based on a strict interpretation of the symbology of what the wheat means and represents etc.. Overall just an outdated strict interpretation as rice being a grain would technically fit the description.

MaggieRedwings · Post by **MaggieRedwings** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:39 am

12 years of Catholic school indoctrination in something so foreign to me. Long gone and they are so far behind the times in more than just GF wafers. Enough said before I get on a rant.

Love, Maggie

MBombardier · Post by **MBombardier** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:19 am

I'm with Maggie and Zizzle. This is just another issue that causes division where there should be love and acceptance.

mbeezie · Post by **mbeezie** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:29 pm

Ditto Maggie. The Catholic Church has far bigger worries than gluten free communion

Not that I wish celiac or gluten sensitivity on anyone, but having a higher up at the Vatican experience first hand what happens when you have it could go a long way in changing some very closed minds.

Mary Beth

Joseph7179 · Post by **Joseph7179** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:55 am

Actually, the diocese of Columbus did not ban the GF altar breads used for communion. they just asked us to use the approved ones from two sources that supply them to churches. Having MC myself, and as a pator of a Catholic Church in Dublin,Ohio and having gained great insight from this Board and from the research done here, I thought it would be good to clarify the issue.

mbeezie · Post by **mbeezie** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:59 am

That's good to know . . . but why wouldn't that apply to all churches?

Mary Beth

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:41 am

Each Diocese gets to make their own decision, and some are more conservative than others. I have read that some of the alternative hosts are made with wheat, but somehow are made to be GF. I don't think I would try it.