(ANSA) - PERUGIA, 06 JAN - "I once again thank the Lord, who gives me the grace to be able to celebrate this solemnity of the Epiphany in our cathedral": this is how Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, president of the CEI and archbishop of Perugia-City della Pieve, in the homily delivered in the cathedral of the Umbrian capital on January 6, returning after being in isolation, during the Christmas holidays, following the infection from Covid.
During the mass, the cardinal - a note from the diocese reads - admitted seminarian Samuele Betti to Holy Orders.
"Dear Samuele - he said - we could not find a more beautiful circumstance in which you could, publicly, before the people of God, declare your commitment. Today, unfortunately, you are few in the Seminary, but I must rejoice, because among you there is a fraternal atmosphere and the fruits of a solid human, intellectual and spiritual formation are known ".
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