As Italy urges staying home, Pope tells priests to ‘get out’ to comfort the sick
- Crux StaffMar 10, 2020
Pope Francis celebrates daily Mass on Monday, March 9, 2020. (Credit: Vatican News.
ROME - As Italy promotes an aggressive “stay at home” campaign in an effort to combat the rapid spread of the coronavirus across the country, Pope Francis is urging at least one group not to take the message completely to heart, imploring priests Tuesday to “get out” to bring comfort to the sick and to support health care workers.
“May priests have the courage to get out,” the pope said during his Tuesday morning Mass, “going to the sick to bring them the comfort of God, [and] to bring them the Eucharist” as well as to show solidarity with health workers scrambling to combat the COVID-19 epidemic.
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I think this is a marvelous opportunity. The clergy should be trained exhaustively on the best practices for safe practices and model them for the people. And they should given a good theme or message concerning Faith, contrition, confession, and hope. Respect for the Eucharist as a *result* of good teaching would be wonderful medicine itself. Then when this all blows over the laity can return to Mass with a invigorated understanding and respect for the Presence and, hopefully, a refreshed humility.
Do you think God is punishing Italy for the Pachamama idol?
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