Holy Communion in Catholic Church spreads hepatitis A virus

Actually it is the hand to hand and hand to tongue contact that spreads germs - so receiving in hand/tongue doesn't make a difference - in fact it is probably more sanitary to give in the hand since you don't touch tongue by accident in placing the host. (too bad for all the old Mass people!)

Dr.Jamie RN...I think i have Hep A..I just sent a bag of my fecal matter by Fast Track over to you to check...PS..You can forward it to Towngate when you are finished checking it.

Mr Dolan issued a somewhat feverish Plague in Venice on rather vague input. An 'unidentified person' under investigation is a rather daft premise. The Ghost of Christmas Past?

Improperly cooked shellfish is a common source of infection for Hep A. It's also transmitted by eating food or drinking water which was contaminated by infected fecal material. In other words, someone carrying the virus didn't wash their hands after using the restroom and then handled food. Everyone, wash your hands, relax, and take Communion. This more of a problem in the food industry. If you get the above symptoms, call your Dr. Jamie RN

shamrock43..Thanks..But my 8 year old could see the flaw in that headline..I thought this headline would have been better...Person "MAY" have spread hepatitis A virus while giving out Holy Communion.I would have still clicked the link to read it.Well Molly got 20 comments anyway, maybe that's what it's all about.

sir peter, you hit the nail right on the head, it was a person not the Holy Communion that may and i say MAY have spread the germ

God almighty..Rob..The moon is sterile,best you go live there

I'd recommend using individual, disposable cups for partaking of the wine, and a waffer dispenser that allows each parishioner to take their own waffer. It doesn't detract from the meaning of the holy communion, it just makes it safer.

Nasty. Could be worse...Hep B or even C. Maybe sipping from the community chalice and handling the waffers isn't such a good idea after all.

antoman ...Has a good solution...most masses don't give out wine...but the host need not be handled by anybody but the person who takes it.

I agree with sir peter: I don't see one word in the article about there being even one case of Hep A being reported: ". . .may have been exposed. . ." and "unidentified person . . .may have transmitted. . ." Did this "u/i person," presumably a Eucharistic Minister, actually have Hep A? How does anyone know and if so, how did anyone find out? Did the person come out and say so? Were they subsequently diagnosed with it? There's too many holes and too much supposition. Additionally the wafers and wine annot "spread" anything. Holy Communion is the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. As such it could hardly "spread" anything other than grace.

Well, that because the Catholic Church has become the Church of WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW". The Old Catholic Mass was a thing of beauty. I know the latin, and enjoyed mass. Communion was only touched by the Priest. No wine was given out. The New Catholic Mass the alter is like a Bad Fire Drill with everyone running around. Woman giving out the host, and people lining up for wine. There is the spiritual Catholics, who have a little act each time they get communion. They act like they are going to accend into heaven. What ever happened to humility? In the old days, you had to come early to mass to get a seat. Now the pews are empty. Will the idiots admit that they are wrong? No, they continue to make it worse. Now the Catholic Church is hurting in the U.S., so they want to bring illegal aliens from Mexico. Being an illegal alien is criminal, in the future the pews will be filled with criminal.

I sometimes go to Our Lady of Lourdes, as I live in Farmingdale, which is one town over from Massapequa, on Long Island. Fortunately, I attended Christmas Mass at St. Kilians, the church in Farmingdale!

How about the individuals who have a cold, perhaps sneeze before Mass and do not wash their hands and then distribute Communion???

lets all go around like Micheal Jackson..never go out..what rubbish