Study Shatters Myth of ‘Safe’ Host in Hand churchmilitant.com

A groundbreaking study is smashing the widespread misconception that administering Holy Communion on the hand is safer than dispensing the Sacred Host on the tongue.

The COVID-19 regulations forcing faithful Catholics to receive the Body of Christ on the hand have been enforced by over-zealous bishops and priests against the best available scientific evidence, the peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Religion and Health demonstrates.

Contrary to the prevailing consensus among Catholic bishops, receiving Communion on the tongue and in the kneeling position is scientifically the safest and most hygienic method, which is “unlikely to incur a high risk of infection transmission,” the new research shows…

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