The Vatican organizes itself for the spiritual assistance of the sick and their loved ones

The world of religions and the Catholic Church in particular, are organizing to make up for the absence of assemblies, decided in all religions everywhere in the world where the virus strikes. The Catholic Church, which was a pioneer in the radio and then television broadcasting of the Sunday mass, continues: "Le Jour du Seigneur", on France 2, thus doubled its audience on Sunday March 15, by touching 1 , 2 million viewers for live mass at 11 am. KTO, the Catholic channel, also offers daily, at 7 a.m., the Pope's Mass live from Rome, at 10 a.m. Mass in Lourdes, then in Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois at 6:15 p.m. France radios Culture, Radio Notre-Dame, RCF, are not to be outdone.

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But, this Friday, the Vatican also adapted the administration of the "sacrament of reconciliation" , better known by the term "confession" . It normally takes place behind closed doors, between a faithful and a priest. During his private mass, Friday at 7 a.m.,

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