<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> If I read Melissa Picchini's message correctly, gluten-free breads are not acceptable as communion hosts; when you consider that an individual's health is at risk, I find this absolutely appalling! After all, it is the mystery of Transubstantiation that is important, so what does it matter whether the bread is gluten-free or not? What I do not understand are the thought processes that would lead to such fine, and fatuous, decisions. Things may be stricter in the US, but I know of one church, here, where rice crackers may be used as a substitute for the unleavened bread. In fact, I cannot think of any valid reason why all communion hosts could not be made of gluten-free bread; while this would matter little to non-celiacs, celiacs would be spared the unhappiness they experience when they are denied access to one of the most important sacraments. Someone should point this out to those who make the rules in the Church. Incidentally, it my understanding that, in churches where commmunion may be taken under both species (bread and wine), taking just the wine constitutes reception of the sacrament. John Wiseman