Catholic diocese bans holy wine

Published : 26 Jul 2009 13:02:33

The Catholic Diocese of Plymouth has banned the use of shared communion wine in a bid to help limit the spread of swine flu among congregations.The Diocese will still offer consecrated bread to worshippers. Its decision comes a month after it advised its priests to only offer the consecrated bread - and for it to only be put directly into people's hands. The Diocese has 93 parishes stretching from Penzance and the Isles of Scilly to parts of Bournemouth in Dorset. Michael Fay, spokes.... read more