"I don't mean to be disrespectful, but if you remember an old-fashion candy called Necco, those were the communion wafers."Necco wafers, which are thin disc-shaped pieces of candy sold in rolls ...

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"I don't mean to be disrespectful, but if you remember an old-fashion candy called Necco, those were the communion wafers." Necco wafers, which are thin disc-shaped pieces of candy sold in rolls ...

He said young Robert also used an American biscuit called Necco Wafers, adding: “These were the communion wafers. It was all taken very seriously, it was not a joke.” Pope Leo, 69, the 267th ...

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While his brothers groaned, the future pope would say Mass and then give communion by passing out Necco Wafers, he said. “We kind of knew from the start, he’s going to go into the priesthood ...

"When we played games, as kids, he liked to play priest a lot. I thought: 'what the heck? Priest?' "He bought Necco wafers, little candy discs, and he'd pretend those were communion and give them to ...

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I thought: ‘what the heck? Priest?’ “He bought Necco wafers, little candy discs, and he’d pretend those were communion and give it to all our friends the yard,” Prevost recounted with a ...