The Vatican radio (still unsilenced by the Nazis) fortnight ago broadcast an important reminder, authorized by Pope Pius XII, to Roman Catholic laymen. In case of bombing or other wartime emergencies it is the duty of Roman Catholic laymen to rescue the Host from the altar or to gather up any Hosts or pieces of Hosts which may have been blasted to the sanctuary floor. Normally only priests and deacons are supposed to handle the Blessed Sacrament.
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