MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Priests at St.-Vincent-de-Paul Church in Marseille live-streamed their Mass on Sunday to try to reach parishioners despite virus-related confinement measures. The restrictions have forced religious communities to adapt the way they express their faith.
On a typical Sunday, Father Philippe Rochas greets roughly 350 worshippers at his neo-Gothic church in the heart of Marseille. This Sunday, however, he sat hunched over a webcam as he and fellow priests prepared an empty meeting room to live-stream Sunday Mass.
More than 70 people watched it live and hundreds more watched the recording as the day wore on.
