text: Those with true Celiac Disease--of which I have faithful family members--can become violently ill from consuming the minutest amounts of gluten. For them, avoiding gluten is not a fad. In taking this position, therefore, the Church is denying Holy Communion to some of its vulnerable members--once again putting arcane and rigid rules ahead of the care of its flock. Sometimes I wonder if the hierarchy ever bothers to actually comprehend the point of the Gospels.