Cardinal says Communion in the hand is "sacrilegious and scandalous"

Here's a follow-up to the story of Steve's sacrilege. A reader passes on news that last April 27th, Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, of Bologna, Italy, forbade the practice of receiving Communion in the hand at three of the 400-plus churches in his archdiocese.

The prelate called the practice, instituted in the aftermath of Vatican II, "sacrilegious and scandalous". However, he did not explain why or how it could be "sacrilegious and scandalous" in three churches but not in the other 400. Walt's guess: it's a mystery!