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

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As a practising Catholic, I was raised to revere the Mass as the highest form of worship -- a sacred moment in which heaven touches earth and the faithful encounter the divine. Over the years, my ...