Archbishop stands firm on Communion wine for all ages

Ro­man Catholic Arch­bish­op of Port of Spain Ja­son Gor­don has in­struct­ed priests to con­tin­ue of­fer­ing con­se­crat­ed wine dur­ing Holy Com­mu­nion to Catholics of all ages, say­ing the prac­tice is pro­tect­ed by the Con­sti­tu­tion.

Speak­ing dur­ing yes­ter­day’s Arch­bish­op’s Chapel Mass, Gor­don ad­dressed con­cerns about the new al­co­hol leg­is­la­tion and its pos­si­ble im­pact on the Church’s use of wine dur­ing the Eu­charist.

“You all must have been hear­ing a lot of noise about Com­mu­nion and laws and all kinds of things tak­ing place,” he told the con­gre­ga­tion, urg­ing Catholics to re­main calm.