After a tug-of-war between the Church and State, Italian bishops signed an agreement with their government to specify how to safely celebrate Mass again.<\/p>\n
The first Masses will take place Monday, May 18, with these measures in place.<\/p>\n
STEFANO RUSSO<\/strong> They refer to the parish, the priest and the faithful.<\/p>\n Church<\/ins><\/p>\n Churches must limit the number of participants, to ensure a distance of one-meter at all times. <\/p>\n Parishes that can, should have designated entrances and exits. <\/p>\n Hand sanitizer must be available at the door, there is to be no holy water, and liturgical items and the microphone should be cleaned after each ceremony. <\/p>\n Priest<\/ins><\/p>\n The priest can celebrate baptisms, weddings and funerals; but not confirmation. He must give communion with a mask and gloves.<\/p>\n There won't be a collection, but donations can be placed in baskets positioned around the church. <\/p>\n Participants<\/ins><\/p>\n Those with fever, coronavirus, or in contact with an infected person cannot attend Mass. All must wear masks, regardless.<\/p>\n There will be no sign of peace, no handouts to follow along during the Mass, and no choir. However, a single organist is allowed.<\/p>\n Of course, like the rest of the measures, if the number of people infected increases, religious ceremonies will be suspended again to stop the spread.<\/p>\n For now, the Vatican has not announced when the pope's ceremonies with pilgrims will resume.<\/p>\n JMB\/MB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" May 7, 2020. Starting May 18, Masses can be celebrated with the faithful present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PCmfQ3NwPH4","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmesseitaliaeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmesseitaliaint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSecretary, Italian Episcopal Conference
\n 'The defined protocol lays out some sanitary measures, so we can return to celebrate, while respecting everyone's health.'<\/em><\/p>\n