The Church previously issued a statement to clarify it was not banning gluten-free bread or non-alcoholic communion wine.

The cardinal also reiterated the wine used in Holy Communion “must be natural, from the fruit of the grape, pure and incorrupt, not mixed with other substances,” adding, “It is altogether ...

Holy Communion, a central sacrament in the Christian faith, involves offering bread and wine to the congregation, symbolizing the body and blood of Christ.

A couple, who are members of Hinsdale Redeemer Lutheran Church, prepares to receive Holy Communion at home with bread and wine in their cups engraved with the images of Martin and Katharina Luther.

Holy Communion, or the Holy Eucharist, is a Christian tradition where members of the congregation eat a small piece of bread or wafer along with a sip of wine to represent the body and blood of ...

During the feast, which is commemorated by Christians today in a practice known as Holy Communion, Jesus refers to bread as “my body” and wine as “my blood," according to the New Testament ...

According to those norms, “the bread used in the Holy Sacrifice of the Eucharist must be unleavened, of only wheat and made recently, so that there is no danger of it being corrupted.” ...

Holy Communion Under Both Kinds The sacrament of the Eucharist is received in one of two forms, kinds or “species” — bread and wine.

Thus, the purity of the bread and wine are important, said Rev. Andrew Menke, the executive director of the Secretariat of Divine Worship for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.