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Celebrate the mass after May 3 with volunteers who guarantee distances. Funerals, baptisms and weddings with the presence of close relatives and allow some community meetings using the protection devices. These are some of the proposals that the Italian episcopal conference This week will illustrate to the government: the intention is to be able to resume the ecclesiastical life “detained” by coronavirus. “With all the attention required by the emergency, we must return to live in the Church, the The country needs it deeply, there is a big question and answering means making a contribution to social cohesion, “said CEI Undersecretary Don Ivan Maffeis.
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It is possible and necessary that the CEI resume the ecclesiastical life, respecting all the necessary protection measures: respect for the distances guaranteed by the volunteers, the sanitation of the facilities and the use of safety devices (masks and gloves).
“We all know that on May 4 – added Fr. Maffeis – the emergency will not end But if we wait for the emergency to end, we can put church life in the attic forever. For this reason, we ask that the possibility of resuming be recognized, certainly without discounts, it would be irresponsible. But we ask that one be given meeting the expectations of many people“
A first answer could already be the mass of Sunday April 19. The Italian bishops, in fact, requested to celebrate the Easter week with a minimum of people, with the participation of a deacon, those who serve at the altar, as well as a reader, a singer, an organist and, possibly, two operators for the transmission. “We have shown that you can celebrate safely“Don Maffeis stressed.
Of all the sacraments, what the CEI encourages to be celebrated again soon is the funeral. “We cannot allow an entire generation, and their families, to be deprived of the comfort and sacramental affections, disappearing from life and suddenly turn invisible – concluded Don Maffeis – There must be the possibility of celebrating the funeral, perhaps only with close relatives, we cannot be close to those who suffer. Too many people suffer due to death of a loved one today is like a kidnapping, certainly motivated, but we must assume this pain from the human and Christian point of view. “
Municipalities have already been looking for a solution for a few days. the Piacenza, one of the cities most affected by the infection, the mayor Patrizia Barbieri is working on the hypothesis of open the cemetery by appointment. The structure will not be accessible to everyone, but only to those of Piacenza who have suffered a covid-related duel. “Obviously all this with the necessary precautions, no more than two people per family, respecting the correct distances – said the mayor – we hope that, with the presence of a caretaker who opens and closes the door for some people, we can allow the greeting by appointment. “
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