During a tour of Sicily, he celebrated mass wearing a skimpy cycling outfit . And the video was published on social media by the same priest, Don Fabio Corazzina from Brescia.
The reminder of the bishop of Brescia Pierantonio Tremolada is very harsh: “The context, the clothing, the way of treating the sacred species, the freedom in formulating the prayers and the Eucharistic prayer itself, some jokes out of place and unhappy. We cannot share all this ”, he wrote in a letter to the parish priest.
Again: “It amazes me that you did not think about the consequences of such an act, which was intentionally brought to public attention through social media. How can we fail to realize the bewilderment and pain it would have caused , and in fact caused, in so many people who deeply love the Eucharist and place it at the center of their life of faith? Here we really need to make amends and humbly apologize. I lend you the voice, I do it in your name towards so many who have been scandalized and I expect you to share this need with me. I then ask you to choose a penitential gesture , which expresses the awareness of your responsibility and in some way intervenes to repair what happened ”.
The unusual ritual took place on Sunday 11 September in Mazara del Vallo (Trapani), a table placed under a tree was used as an altar.
(Unioneonline / L)
