(kreuz.net) In the middle of July, a German priest visited the Italian pilgrimage site near the border, Loreto.
The Basilica of Loreto is next to the St. Peter's Basilica, the second most important pilgrimage destination in Italy.
The Basilica contains the house of the Holy Family of Nazareth.
The Guilty Party is Archbishop Giovanni Tonucci
Immediately after his arrival the priest visited the Basilica.
In the Sacristy he asked if he could say Holy Mass in the Old Rite.
The concern for the Basilica has been entrusted to the dying Capuchin Order.
The standing Prelate for the Basilica is Archbishop Giovanni Tonucci (69).
He was named in 2004 and was previously the Apostolic Nuncio in Scandinavia.
The Sacristan was a grey haired Capuchin.
On instructions from Msgr Tonucci the Sacristan began to lecture the priest.
Hunted by the Devil
The celebration of the Old Mass is only available to be said in the Basilica at the altar of the Polish Chapel -- and this only between the hours of 13.00 und 14.00 hours.
That is the point of the Italian midday meal.
There the Polish chapel, however, is closed due to restoration work, so there is no altar available for the celebration of the Old Mass.
The astonished priest then dared to suggest that it really should be possible to use another one of the approximately thirty altars of the Basilica.
Then the Capuchin waved him briskly aside and admonished the pilgrim in the Sacristy.
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