Why the Catholic Church Frowns Upon Gluten-Free Communion Wafers

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http://news.health.com/2014/10/22/why-the-catholic-church-frowns-upon-gluten-free-communion-wafers/

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In truth, gluten-free “hosts” are hardly a new thing: they’ve been around for almost a decade, but the Vatican found them unacceptable, ABC News reports. In 2012, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote in a statement that “it is impossible to consecrate a host made of something other than wheat and water.” (The reason: Jesus ate wheat bread with his apostles during the Last Supper.)