BAD NEWS.A little girl in Boston won't be celebrating her First Communion The First Communion (First Holy Communion) is a Roman Catholic ceremony. It is the colloquial name for a person's first reception of the sacrament of the Eucharist. Roman Catholics believe this event to be very important, as the Eucharist is one of the central focuses of the Roman , thanks to church rules that require eucharistic bread to be made of wheat Five-year-old Jenny Richardson's celiac disease celiac disease: see sprue. celiac disease or nontropical sprue Digestive disorder in which people cannot tolerate gluten, a protein constituent of wheat, barley, malt, and rye flours. causes her to get sick from gluten, a wheat protein. When Jenny's parents requested that a rice Communion wafer be substituted, their pastor suggested she receive the wine instead of the bread. The parents declined. A letter from Cardinal Bernard Law confirmed that Vatican rules say an exception could not be made. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Celiac Disease Foundation, as many as one in 250 people suffer from the disease. The Richardsons are now attending a Methodist church, where the rules on Communion are more flexible. "I believe Jesus would have made an exception," Jenny's mom told the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. . |
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