With flu spreading, priests permitted to suspend Communion wine, ‘Sign of Peace’ handshake
Because of the flu outbreak and the declaration of a health emergency in Boston, the Archdiocese of Boston Thursday afternoon instructed priests that they can suspend the distribution of wine during Communion from a common chalice out of “pastoral caution and prudence.” Auxiliary Bishop Robert P. Deeley also notified priests that may encourage worshipers to exchange the “Sign of Peace” by bowing to nearby parishioners instead of shaking hands.
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