VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Francis will break with centuries of tradition and livestream Easter Sunday mass to allow the world's 1.3 billion Catholics celebrate their holiest holiday under a coronavirus lockdown.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will break with centuries of tradition and livestream Easter Sunday mass to allow the world's 1.3 billion Catholics celebrate their holiest holiday under a coronavirus lockdown.
His only audience is the camera and the 83-year-old Argentine has admitted that the entire experience makes him feel"caged". "We have to respond to our confinement with all our creativity," Francis said in an interview published by several Catholic newspapers this week.RELIGIOUS IMPROVISATION The pope's virtual prayers are just the most vivid example of religious improvisation in the age of social distancing and confinement. The faithful have already followed his advice and found creative solutions.
The Catholic Church in the Philippines is urging the faithful not to kiss the cross. Its Orthodox counterpart in Greece is planning to hold mass behind closed doors for its Easter on April 19. Westminster Abbey in London is following the technological trend by releasing Easter podcasts for the faithful of the Anglican Church.
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