The good news of low gluten.CLYDE, Mo. -- The Benedictine benedictine (bĕnədĭk`tēn), sweet liqueur originated in 1510 by Benedictine monks at Fécamp, France, and now manufactured by a secular concern on the grounds of the old abbey. Every bottle bears the initials of the Latin dedication Deo Optimo Maximo [to God most good, most great]. Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, who have baked altar bread for nearly a century, recently rolled out their latest creation: a low-gluten gluten /glu·ten/ (gloo´ten) the protein of wheat and other grains that gives to the dough its tough elastic character. glu·ten (gl  t bread that's sale for Catholics with celiac coe·li·ac (s  l- k disease. The digestive disorder makes it dangerous to eat wheat and other grains that contain gluten--a protein that's required by the Vatican to be in Communion hosts.
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