Coronavirus out-takes

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.