Posted on 04/03/2020 6:03:36 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced Thursday that it will close the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul to the public during livestreamed Easter and Holy Week services as part of its “commitment … to protect public health during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The decision came after The Inquirer reported that at least two dozen people attended Sunday’s 11 a.m. Mass and were served Holy Communion, despite Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez’s order last month suspending all public Masses in an effort to curb the coronavirus’ spread.
A video of that service, shared by an attendee who asked not to be identified, showed the congregants side by side in a tight line as they waited for a priest to place Communion wafers in their hands or, in at least one case, on the tongue.
The Rev. Dennis Gill, director of the archdiocese’s Office of Divine Worship, said Monday that the attendees had not been specifically invited to the Mass, but were not turned away. Gill said he made sure that he spaced the congregants throughout the basilica’s pews and ensured they followed proper social distancing guidelines throughout the service.
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Gill said he made sure that he spaced the congregants throughout the basilica’s pews and ensured they followed proper social distancing guidelines throughout the service.
Big deal he stuck his fingers in their mouths one after another for communion
The problem is that the bishops were complicit in this suppression of masses and religious services. If they had objected, it wouldn’t be happening because the authorities would have backed down. But this Pérez - a Bergoglio appointment - just hung his priests out to dry. I wonder what’s going to happen to the rector of the Cathedral now?
Huh? “He stuck his fingers in their mouths”? What kind of church do you go to? Sounds pretty sick to me.
Let’s face it. We are under interdict.
Well, you stuck your whole foot into your mouth. LOL.
We’ve still got bells, and my Parish has figured out how to do exposition, but given how the Church has been run lately, it certainly deserves to be placed under interdict.
What will get me worried is if all non-beeswax candles start to malfunction. Maybe the libs are going to outlaw non-sustainable candles.
Time to stock up on grapes and brandy. Especially. brandy.
Philly ping !
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