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Catholics are to abstain from all foods and drinks (except water and medicine) for at least one hour before receiving the Eucharist (Code of Canon Law 919 § 1). § 3 of the same canon of the law states that the elderly, infirm, and their caretakers are exempt from the above.
In other words, you can only have water and medicine within the hour before Communion, unless old age, infirmity, or the need to care for another has somehow kept you from being able to keep the fast. There are also exceptions for priests in certain circumstances.
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The Roman Catholic Church is a type of Christian Church.
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the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church
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Mary is our mother in the Roman Catholic Church.
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Roman Catholic AnswerNo, the Catholic Church is the Mystical Body of Christ and will live as long as He does.
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Roman Catholic Answer:To the best of my knowledge, the only country in Europe which broke away, as a Country, from the Catholic church, was England. I believe that Spain is still nominally Roman Catholic.
