Let us pray ... electronically: Quarantined Catholic churches livestream Easter celebrations

Pope Francis leads the Good Friday Passion of the Lord in St. Peter's Basilica with no public participation due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , at the Vatican, April 10, 2020.The Basilica of Santa Sabina on Rome’s ancient Aventine Hill is a religious, architectural and historical marvel. Built in the early fifth century, when the Western Roman Empire was being ransacked by the Visigoths, it has survived plague, pestilence, foreign occupations and war.

All of which seems rather unspiritual to me – no incense, no holy water nor candles, no pre-mass confessions in those little wooden booths, none of the “smells and bells,” to borrow a term favoured by the British Anglicans, that can turn a high mass in a musty old church into a soul-stirring experience, especially if the priest and his choir have good pipes.

He makes a good point to me that I had forgotten: The church has always been a prolific user of electronics to reach the faithful around the world. So the virtual Easter masses, while a novelty for Italians, are routine for millions of Catholics in far-flung corners of the world, such as China.“In a sense, Catholics have lived their faith thanks to the Vatican Radio’s transmissions,” Cardinal Czerny says.

Pope Francis said his response would be: “It is very clear. If you cannot find a priest to confess to, speak directly with God, your father, and tell him the truth. Say, ‘Lord, I did this, this, this. Forgive me,’ and ask for pardon with all your heart.”Story continues below advertisement I make it my mission to find out if the COVID-19 crisis marks the first time Santa Sabina has closed. I buzz the door of the rectory, where the Dominican priests live. There is no answer, no sign of human activity anywhere.So I turn to my friend Matthew Kneale, a British author and formidable history researcher who lives in Rome and who recently wrote a book calledHe doesn’t know for sure if Santa Sabina had ever closed, but suspects it has.

What is this non sense? Laying on the ground in front of what? Where the heck is your God now? Hopefully this crisis trims down religion. Humans can't be reborn ( Easter). You can't come back from the dead. Why you ask? Science. EasterWeekend GoodFriday

Maybe the death of religion. Yay!

this is the boat get in before you sink

So archaic. Where is their god now ?

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