COVID-19: Vatican Holy Week
celebrations without public participation
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| Palm Sunday, St Peter's Square, 2019 (Vatican Media) |
The Prefecture of the Papal Household announces that Holy
Week celebrations in Rome will take place without the physical presence of the
faithful, in an attempt to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
By Vatican News
The Prefecture of the Papal Household made the announcement
on its website, announcing that, "because of the current global public
health emergency, all the Liturgical Celebrations of Holy Week will take place
without the physical presence of the faithful.
Furthermore, this Prefecture informs that until April 12 the
General Audiences and the Angelus presided over by the Holy Father will be
available only in live streaming on the official Vatican News website”.
Pope’s Daily Mass, Angelus and Audience
On Saturday, the Holy See Press Office issued the following
statement: “Faced with the situation that has arisen because of the
coronavirus, the Holy Father has decided that the Holy Mass he celebrates in
Santa Marta at 7am every morning, will continue to be broadcast live next
week”.
"In order to comply with the rules imposing a ban on
gatherings in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus",
continues the statement, “the Holy Father’s Sunday Angelus prayer and General
Audience on Wednesday March 18 will be broadcast live on television, as well as
on the Vatican News website, and the images will be distributed by Vatican
Media to the media that request them, so as to reach the faithful all over the
world”.
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