(ANSA) - CASCIA (PERUGIA), MAY 22 - Thousands of pilgrims arrived in Cascia on Sunday for the feast of Santa Rita.
A crowd that hasn't been seen since pre-Covid times, also facilitated by a sunny day that shines on the Umbrian Valnerina.
Pilgrims from all over Italy who from the early hours of the morning settled along the avenue of the cathedral awaiting the passage of the statue of the saint.
To preside over the Eucharistic celebration, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, assisted by the bishop of the diocese of Spoleto-Norcia, Msgr.
Renato Boccardo and the rector of the Basilica, Father Luciano De Michieli.
But the protagonists, undisputed and silent, remain the cloistered nuns, led by the mother prioress Sister Maria Rosa Bernardinis.
Also present at the party was the president of the Umbria Region, Donatella Tesei.
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