BRIELLE, N.J. -- An 8-year-old girl who has a rare digestive disorder and cannot consume wheat has had her first Communion declared invalid because the wafer contained none.
Now, Haley Waldman's mother is pushing the Diocese of Trenton and the Vatican to make an exception, saying the sacrament should be changed to accommodate the girl's condition.
Roman Catholic doctrine holds that communion wafers must have at least some unleavened wheat, as did the bread served at the Last Supper of Jesus Christ before his crucifixion.
In May, the girl received her her first Holy Communion from a priest who offered her a wheat-free host. But last month, the diocese told the priest that Waldman's sacrament would not be validated by the church because of the substitute wafer.
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Shy of converting, what do you do?
As reported by the AP to KTVU.com here, 8/13/04
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Well, isn't that nice. I think the Diocese of Trenton needs to read some recent scholarship on worship, some of which is put out by Notre Dame, which suggest that Jesus most likely ate leavened bread at the Last Supper.
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