Posted on 05/12/2020 6:07:36 PM PDT by marshmallow
City authorities claim that Cardinal Antonio Cañizares broke strict coronavirus lockdown regulations.
VALENCIA, May 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A Spanish cardinal has found himself under police scrutiny for having given a blessing and briefly exposing an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the front entrance of a basilica on the occasion of the city’s annual feast day.
City authorities claim that Cardinal Antonio Cañizares broke strict coronavirus lockdown regulations when he stood at the entrance to the Basilica de la Virgen de los Desamparado displaying the image and blessing the city of Valencia on the feast of Our Lady of the Forsaken, patroness of the the city, celebrated on the second Sunday of May.
Under normal circumstances, observance of the feast day brings huge crowds to the city for a range of events. The celebration climaxes when the image of Our Lady is carried in procession from the basilica, around the Plaza de la Virgen to St. Catherine’s Cathedral, surrounded by throngs of people.
Because of the pandemic, all events were canceled, and the traditional Sunday morning Mass dedicated to Our Lady of the Forsaken was said in the basilica with empty pews.
Afterward, a few dozen people wearing masks stood in the nearly empty square to venerate the image and receive the Cardinal’s blessing.
One member of the Valencia City Council accused those who conducted the brief feast day observance of having acted in “premeditation and malice” since a television crew was on hand to film the event.
As a result, police have closed the basilica.
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a bishop with a spine, I love it. God bless him and Mary love him.
I do not believe that many bishops understand what they have given away, and what they may never in their lifetimes, be able to reclaim.
Be it as it may, it is God’s will.
Valencia is where the CHALICE that Jesus used at the Last Supper!! It’s in the cathedral with it’s own Chapel.......AWESOME!
Didn’t Cardinal Antonio Cañizares have the nickname “Little Ratzinger”?
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