[Wonder Warthog]

"Ever wonder why every one who has taken communion in Catholic and Anglican churces worldwide has not come down with every ailment imaginable? Because the cups are made of silver, which is supposed to be a natural antibiotic."

The Catholic church requires gold, not silver, to be in contact with the elements of communion.

From the Catholic Encyclopedia:

"It should be either of gold, or of silver with the cup gilt on the inside or it may have a cup only of silver, gilt on the inside; in which case the base and stem may be of any metal, provided it be solid, clean, and becoming."

[tinamina]

I have no Catholic Digest reference. I just know what I was told by my former Episcopal priest who is also a Roman Catholic monk and became a Bishop and took all his Episcopal Diocese to the Anglican Communion worldwide. He told me God would not kill me for taking communion. I guess I listened.