Alaska ban on altar wine blocks prison Masses
The interim policy says that "no altar wine or other alcoholic beverages will be used by anyone who is involved with any activity."
An interim policy memo from Alaska’s corrections department has banned the use or consumption of altar wine in prisons, effectively curtailing the ordinary celebration of Mass in state prisons, and the ability of Catholic inmates to attend the Eucharist.
Dated June 6, the memo, signed by the Commissioner of the State of …