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Men don't decide if I'm forgiven for my sins or not and Jesus has never absolved me by having me kiss some beads or say some 'hail Marys' either.

Sorry Catholics, my relationship is between me and my Lord, not thru some hiearchy of robed 'holy' men

Me neither, no wait, I am Catholic too. Perhaps some research is in order, before you think thats what we do.

I assure you, the smallest particle would satisfy her first Communion.

From the Article:
On May 2, Waldman _ wearing a white communion dress _ made her first Holy Communion in a ceremony at the priest's church. Her mother, who also suffers from celiac and had not received communion since her diagnosis four years ago, also received.

But last month, the diocese told the priest that Waldman's sacrament would not be validated by the church because of the substitute wafer.

Something is rotten here, we get no validation of First Communion from the Diocese. The rules say they could have received by drinking the wine, which contains the same Body and Blood of Christ. Even at that, every single Priest knows this, and a non wheat host could have been dipped in the wine to ensure that it was licit (conformed with Canon Law).

Often cases like these pop up from someone seeking to bash Catholicism. I am not trying to engage you in a discussion of the theology, but, I am trying to point out there are holes that make this out to be a "shaggy dog" story. I looked up John Curran of AP and only found Catholic molestation stories. I don't know if he has an ax to grind.

we get no validation of First Communion from the Diocese.

I don't know about every diocese, but I can tell you that when my son married about 10 years ago (in Philadelphia), there was an issue of whether or not he had received his First Communion. We'd had it recorded in our family bible so we even knew the date. He'd made his first communion in Metuchen, but the parish of his baptism never recorded it. I'm not sure what happened, but there was some issue of paperwork that involved two different parishes - St. Francis in Metuchen and St. John Baptist in Philadelphia. Eventually, his pastor stepped in for him and the issue was resolved. I'm not sure how, but I do know he would have had problems marrying in the Church without some sort of certification.