<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> In The Age Newspaper today 11/10/95, published in Melbourne Victoria, there is an item which I'm sure will be of interest to the list in light of the recent discussion on wafers in communion. I quote "The Vatican has provoked fury by issuing a decree banning men who suffer from an allergy to gluten from becoming priests. All communion wafers must contain gluten to be suitable for the celebration of the Eucharist, the Vatican has decreed. Gluten, the protein in wheat, triggers the debilitating coeliac disease. Coeliac disease can cause dramatic weight loss, vomiting and diarrhoea as the gluten irritates the small intestine. Lethargy and breathlessness are also symptons.)" (This has a note to say it is quoted from the English Guardian) I won't add a wicked comment as I am tempted to, I'll just leave it as it is. RICHARD LOCKLEY phone: +61 3 9905 5018 (work) : +61 3 9882 4498 (home) home email:[log in to unmask]