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No one is mentioning that the hosts had been consecrated...

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A priest at WYD confirmed it. And it could have been even worse, the consecrated hosts in the plastic crates were supposed to have been placed, on the ground, underneath the table.

A look behind the WYD Eucharist controversy

The WYD Foundation, which organized the entire Lisbon event, declined to comment officially on the controversy. But The Pillar spoke with a priest familiar with the details of the vigil and the final Mass.

The priest confirmed that the situation Dudzik observed in a tent did not follow the guidelines laid out by World Youth Day organizers.

“The instructions were for every tent to have the boxes stored underneath the tables, which were covered with tablecloths custom-made for this vigil. Five or six ciboria should have been placed on top of the tables, for adoration,” he explained.