Communion Wine On Hold in Bid to Halt Swine Flu Spread ; Church Issues Advice to Clergy On Hygiene

Evening Post (Bristol, UK) › July 30, 2009

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VICARS at Bristol churches have been advised to stop passing the Communion cup at services in a bid to limit the spread of swine flu.

The Bishop of Bristol, Mike Hill, has advised Church of England clergy to halt the ritual of drinking wine at Holy Communion to prevent germs being passed around the congregation.

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Communion Wine On Hold in Bid to Halt Swine Flu Spread ; Church Issues Advice to Clergy On Hygiene

Priests have also been told to use alcohol-gel hand cleaners before services and warned to think twice about making home visits to parishioners who may be...

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