Posted on 11/06/2022 6:10:58 PM PST by marshmallow
CNA Newsroom, Nov 3, 2022 / 15:02 pm The economic crisis in Cuba continues to impact the population, this time affecting Catholics specifically because the lack of wheat flour has meant that no more Communion hosts can be made.
The St. Teresa Discalced Carmelite Monastery in Havana announced the news Wednesday.
“We inform all the dioceses that there are no longer hosts for sale. We have been working with the little flour that was left and what was in reserve has already run out,” the nuns reported in a statement shared by the Catholic publication Vida Cristiana.
“We hope and trust in the Lord that we can resume work soon, and once we have enough to distribute to all the dioceses, we will notify you,” they added.
The Catholic Church stipulates in the Redemptionis Sacramentum instruction that the host can only be made with wheat.
“It follows therefore that bread made from another substance, even if it is grain, or if it is mixed with another substance different from wheat to such an extent that it would not commonly be considered wheat bread, does not constitute valid matter for confecting the Sacrifice and the Eucharistic Sacrament,” the instruction states.
In addition, the instruction says: “It is a grave abuse to introduce other substances, such as fruit or sugar or honey, into the bread for confecting the Eucharist.”
Shortage of wheat flour in Cuba
At the end of August, the Cuban Ministry of Domestic Trade acknowledged that in recent months “the difficulties for importing wheat” have worsened due to “the tightening of the blockade, the current international logistics crisis, and the country’s financial limitations.”
The U.S. trade embargo of Cuba does not include food products.
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so send them some...
Maybe Cuba will see the error of their ways and ditch communism for good. Who am I kidding? It’ll probably never happen.
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No wheat flour, no sugar- it’s a bad day for churros in Cuba.
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Remind me not to go to Cuba for communion, or anything else.
'It won't work here either' - Anyone who knows economics.
Let's get some wheat to the Cuban people. We need to help them overthrow Communism...
Use tortillas, God won’t really care.
Generous flour donations allow Carmelites in Cuba to resume making Communion hosts for churches
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