Girl's communion not valid, according to church

[adduncan]

Originally posted by aephi alum
I feel bad for her too... just another example of the Catholic Church's inflexibility

Can she take communion wine instead? They're both equally valid.

No, it is an example of ONE PRIEST'S inflexibility (and w/ holes in his medical information). Big difference.

There were several people w/ celiac sprue in the parish I used to live in. (Which, incidentally, serviced the Texas Medical Center, so you had ALL kinds of medical issues cropping up.) It's not as rare as the article is making it out to be.

The pastors all made it clear that if someone was in this very situation, approach them directly and let them know. That way, they could receive either a VERY small piece of the wafer, or just wine and everything was OK.

The diocese has told Haley's mother that the girl can receive a low-gluten wafer, or just drink wine at Communion, but that anything without gluten does not qualify. Pelly-Waldman rejected the offer, saying her child could be harmed by even a small amount of the substance.

This quote is very telling. The alternative was offered - MOM rejected it. The Church tried to help, Mom is making the issue here. The rest of the article shows how flexible the RCC is w/ medical issues.

No need to slame the church over an isolated quote in the article, or over what seems to be a misunderstanding.

--add