Genetically-modified communion
A eucharistic hat-trick. After the PZ Myers story and the story about Joe Biden's attendance at communion, along comes a third story about Catholic communion. The first story is about desecration, the second is about administration; now comes modification. Fr Sean McDonagh, the well-known green theologian, has argued that genetically-modified wheat ''. Fr McDonagh cites a 1994 statement from the then Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict, when he was prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: "Special hosts, quibus glutinum ablatum est (from which gluten has been removed), are invalid matter for the celebration of the Eucharist". Does this statement rule out the use of GM wheat in the eucharist?
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At 24th Aug 2008, Heliopolitan wrote:The irony, of course, is that some people believe that Jesus was the ultimate act of genetic engineering.
"Just Say No to GM Messiahs!"
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Comment number 2.
At 25th Aug 2008, smasher-lagru wrote:Typical of Sean McDonagh - like he could care less about the matter of the eucharist. His religion is ecology and he shares the luddite view on genetically modified crops. His attempt to drag it into the eucharist is a farce.
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