The sermon was broadc­ast over Instag­ram to hundre­ds of people quaran­tined in their homesCARACAS: Venezuelan Cardinal Baltazar Porras led Easter Mass on Sunday from an empty church, offering a sermon that was broadcast over Instagram to hundreds of people quarantined in their homes because of the coronavirus pandemic. “I’m like a little kid with a new toy,” Porras, 75, said of the newfound use of social media. He and other church leaders were preparing another Instagram broadcast in which they planned to make virtual contact with a cardinal in Peru. In Argentina, many parishes have held Mass and even choir performances online in the week leading up to Easter. Guillermo Marco, a priest at San Lucas parish in Buenos Aires that mostly serves university students, said the virtual Mass had expanded his reach since the city went into lockdown a few weeks ago.

Source: The Express Tribune April 13, 2020 05:26 UTC