According to a CNS story:
"'A child's first Communion is like the beginning of a journey with Jesus, in communion with him: the beginning of a friendship destined to last and to grow for his entire life,' wrote Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera.
"Today, he said, 'children live immersed in a thousand difficulties, surrounded by a difficult environment that does not encourage them to be what God wants them to be.'
"'Let us not deprive them of the gift of God,' the cardinal wrote Aug. 8 in the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano.
"The cardinal's article marked the 100th anniversary of the decree of Pope Pius X, 'Quam Singulari Christus Amore' ('How Special Christ's Love'), which reversed the decades-old practice of delaying first Communion until a child was 10 or 12.Read the full story HERE.
"St. Pius said delaying the reception of Communion until long after the child reaches 'the age of reason,' generally accepted to be about 7 years of age, was the result of the erroneous belief that 'the most holy Eucharist is a reward rather than a remedy for human frailty.'"
What do you think? Should the Church allow children younger than 7 to receive Communion?
