After the purificator and paten are placed on top of the chalice, the communion wafer is placed on the paten, which is then covered with a square white pall to protect the wafer.

LONDON, England (CNN)-- The archbishops of Canterbury and York are recommending that churches stop sharing the chalice at communion over swine flu fears, the Church of England said Thursday.

A silver chalice and wafer holder thought to have been stolen from a church have been found in Oxfordshire. PC Jonathan Shaw found the silverware buried behind a barn between Newington and Drayton ...

Here in Llandaff diocese, commun­ic­ants wishing to intinct their wafers are now obliged to pass them to the chalice-bearer. The latter will then carefully dip them, avoiding any un­­hygienic contact ...

A wafer box given in the memory of Rev. Canon Charles McMillan, Vicar 1907-1919, was among the items stolen, along with several items made in 2017 - three silver communion cups and plates., external ...

If Oralie Enos, 75, hears a lot of coughing and sniffling, she will pass on the wine and receive only the wafer, a practice the Catholic Church believes completes the rite. “It’s not something ...

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles issued a memo to its clergy saying that it won’t issue any mandatory restrictions, but encouraged “vigilance and discretion.” ...

In the communion ceremony, worshippers receive a wafer called a host and often sip wine, or dip the wafer into wine in the chalice before putting it in their mouths. By REUTERS FEBRUARY 28, 2020 19:03 ...

Father Howell said church members distributing communion wine and wafers discreetly sanitised their hands. At Ashgrove West Uniting Church in Brisbane, the bread that is broken and served to the ...