Rome/Zignago - An oversight or intentional? Sunday mass ended in hospital for a priest in the northern Italian parish of Zignago – there was acid in the chalice instead of wine. The police are investigating the matter.
Acid instead of wine: the service ended in hospital for an Italian priest on Sunday. According to a report in the newspaper "La Repubblica" (Monday), an 83-year-old priest developed a burning sensation in his mouth and body after receiving communion from the chalice. The mass was interrupted and those present called the emergency services to the church of Sant'Andrea in the northern Italian municipality of Zignago. The priest was taken to the emergency room. The police are now investigating whether the corrosive liquid got into the chalice through carelessness or deliberately.
The reception of communion is part of the Eucharistic celebration. Prior to this, bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ in the consecration, thus changing their "substance". (KNA)