Another potential rumpus in Catholicism:
Because Catholic piety centers on externals (rites and rituals), this is all-important. (According to the latest news, that proposal has been shelved.)
I actually don't think there's a problem with substituting cornbread, yucca bread, or rice cakes/crackers in countries that don't grow wheat. Likewise, substituting an indigenous drink for wine if they don't produce wine. Yet this would be the last straw for some Catholics, who idolize the Eucharist.
Of course you know, Jesus himself handed out the little white sparkly wafers to the Apostles at the last supper — just like in the painting!
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