I share with you some unusual out-takes during this
coronavirus pandemic. The first one relates to an Italian priest, who feels
frustrated like me not having any parishioners in the pews. Don Giuseppe
Corbari, pastor of Robbiano di Giussano in Brianza, a parish close to Milan,
celebrated Mass for his parishioners through the webcam in his church. He asked
his people to send their photos or selfies and he printed them and pasted them
to the pews. The response was so huge from the people that he ran out of toner but was happy to celebrate Mass with his parishioners through cyberspace.
Another story happened yesterday when Pope Francis took a brief walking pilgrimage
in the city of Rome, and prayed for an end to the coronavirus pandemic during a
surprise visit to both the Basilica of St. Mary Major and a cross that
traversed Rome during a 16th century plague. He first prayed in front of the
icon of Salus
Populi Romani, Mary Protection of the Roman People, to invoke her
prayers against the pandemic affecting Italy and the world, and then walked to
pray in front of a miraculous crucifix in San Marcello church.
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