Non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used during holy communion, the governing body of the Church of England has ruled. The general synod had been asked to consider using alternatives to ...

The Church of England has ruled that non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used in Holy Communion services after priests demanded an end to the 'injustice'. Church laws state that ...

SINGAPORE: A 22-year-old man was arrested on Sunday (Feb 9) morning after allegedly assaulting a priest at the Church of the Holy Spirit on ... which occurred during communion at a children's ...

Non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used during holy communion, the governing body of the Church of England has ruled. Church guidance says the bread must be made using wheat flour ...

Dr Ipgrave had answered that there was a “settled position” in the Church of England that “bread made with wheat and the fermented juice of the grape are the elements to be consecrated in Holy ...

Non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used during holy communion, the governing body of the Church of England has ruled. Church guidance says the bread must be made using wheat flour and ...

Holy communion has gone on for millennia, with the bread and wine taken to symbolise the body and blood of Jesus Christ. The Church said wine had to be fermented to be used during the service ...

Reception of holy Communion on the tongue has been a tradition of the Church for more than 15 centuries. It began, largely, as an effort to affirm that the Eucharist was not a symbol or a ritual ...

Church guidance makes clear that bread must ... consume wheat flour or alcohol was described as an “injustice”. Holy Communion is one of the central sacraments of the Christian faith, with ...

For Catholics: As Catholics, we fully participate in the celebration of the Eucharist when we receive Holy Communion ... the Assyrian Church of the East and the Polish National Catholic Church ...