Altar wine is a 'security risk'!Byline: By Gary Marks ALTAR wine on its way from the birthplace of Jesus to Birmingham has been stopped by border police because of claims it is a "security risk". The organic wine, made at the Cremisan winery in Beit Jala Beit Jala (Arabic: , possibly from Aramaic 'grass carpet') is a small city in the Bethlehem Governorate of the West Bank. , a suburb of Bethlehem, by the Roman Catholic order the Salesians of Don Bosco This article is about the religious order. For schools bearing the name, see Salesian School. The Salesians of Don Bosco (or the Salesian Society, originally known as the Society of St. , has been refused permission to pass the Hebron checkpoint. Oscott College is one of the places of worship affected according to importer 5th Gospel Retreats, from Cornwall. But a city church leader denied the action would lead to a shortage of wine for Birmingham worshippers. Bishop William Kenney, Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, said: "Churches in the Archdiocese of Birmingham The Archdiocese of Birmingham is one of the principal Latin-rite Catholic administrative divisions of England and Wales in the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church. have not and will not run out of altar wine this Christmas." |
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