Cady Mansell of Indiana bought a fancy white suit for her First Communion. But she was crushed when the church said she couldn't join the festivities at all unless she wore a dress.

Four years ago, the New Jersey girl was diagnosed with a rare digestive disorder called celiac disease, leaving her unable to eat wheat -- not even the tiny amount in the wafer at the communion table.

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In the United States, 43 percent of Catholics have reported doing so, while 77 percent said they took Communion at least some of the time when attending Mass, according to Pew Research data from 2015.

She received first Communion at the nursing home where her grandmother has lived all of the 8-year-old girl's life. As you might guess, Malena was the only first-timer on Sunday at St. Anne's ...

Lily Whittaker, 8, stood out at her First Communion. — -- Lily Whittaker's First Communion dress may have been the typical white color, but it was far from average . The dress was made by ...

BRIELLE, N.J. – An 8-year-old girl who suffers from a rare digestive disorder and cannot eat wheat has had her first Holy Communion declared invalid because the wafer contained no wheat ...

Haley’s Communion controversy isn’t the first. In 2001, the family of a 5-year-old Massachusetts girl with the disease left the Catholic church after being denied permission to use a rice wafer.

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The scraps from Whittaker’s wedding dress will probably see a second life in a few years at the First Communion of her middle child, 5-year-old Jack. “He’ll be getting a tie made out of mom ...

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