Celiac.com 04/12/2016 - A mainline Protestant pastor has not been found guilty of failing to serve gluten-free bread during communion and has not been defrocked for said indiscretion.
An article credited to one Ligonberry Fields, described as a "Buzzvine Contributor," recently appeared on the Christianpost and stated that one Frankie Shaver was relieved of her duties as senior pastor of Cheap Grace United Methodist Church on Wednesday, after being found guilty by a tribunal headed by members of the Kansas-Alabama Board of Ordained Ministry (KA BOOM).
The article included what appear to be numerous attempts at humor, many lost or muddled due to questionable syntax.
Consider this description of "one UMCer, who requested anonymity and gender inclusive language when speaking to the...

Celiac.com 07/31/2017 - For a time, it looked like gluten-free Catholics might be able to take full communion with special gluten-free wafers.
But, gluten-free Catholics hoping to enjoy both the wine and the bread of a full communion had their hopes dashed this week, when the Church put the kibosh on gluten-free communion wafers.
The decision was announced in a letter to bishops by Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, and read, in part:

"The bread used in the celebration of the Most Holy Eucharistic Sacrifice must be unleavened, purely of wheat, and recently made so that there is no danger of decomposition...It follows therefore that bread made from another substance, even if it is grain, or if it is mixed with another substance...

Celiac.com 12/13/2022 - Being gluten-free presents some challenges for Catholics with celiac disease, especially if they cannot receive the host via the chalice, as was the case during the height of the Covid epidemic. We've done a few articles off gluten-free communion wafers, and on the church rules around them. 
Communion Bread Must Contain "Some" Wheat
Catholics with celiac disease who hope to take communion in the form of gluten-free bread or wafers are likely hoping in vain, because according to church law, all bread that is consecrated at the altar must contain a percentage of wheat.
The latest confirmation of this reality comes via Sister Fiachra Nutty, from St Mary’s Abbey, in Waterford, Ireland. Sister Fiachra’s job up until September of 2020 was baking and ...