How Communion bread is made in Germany

They are an indispensable element of the Eucharist: Communion wafers which are transformed into the body of Christ during Holy Mass. But how are these hosts made and what is the religious meaning behind them? As a Catholic herself, DW reporter Meggin Leigh visited a Communion bread bakery in southern Germany to witness the entire baking process, from the flour to the finished wafer.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:29 Production of Communion wafers
01:46 The taste of Sacred hosts
02:13 Origins of the tradition
03:36 Demand for Communion bread
04:26 Who’s allowed to eat it
05:14 Outro

CREDITS
Report: Meggin Leigh
Camera: Florian Mettke
Edit: Nicola Tietz
Supervising editor: Ruben Kalus
Thumbnail: picture-alliance/ ZB | Matthias Hieke

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