'This matter is too serious for us to take any other approach than one of extreme caution for the safety of others,' the archbishop of Mobile, Ala. insisted.
Someone in the Italian bishops’ conference had the bright idea that people could be given Holy Communion in a plastic bag. The prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship says not so fast.
As a number of dioceses around the world begin to implement bans on Communion on the tongue, several clergymen and one lay group counter that Communion in the hand is the less hygienic option.