https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/27/imprudent-priest-uses-inflatable-mattress-as-altar-during-mass-in-seaA priest who celebrated mass in the sea using an inflatable mattress as an altar has been placed under investigation by Italian authorities. After photos went viral this week, the local Catholic archdiocese called for “liturgical decorum and respect”. It cannot have been impossible to find a nearby stone church to celebrate Mass in. Otherwise he couold have used an air-conditioned room in a hotel etc and used aight alb and stole. Remember the time Monsignor Hugh Connolly celebrated a beach Mass on a refuse cannister.

Source: The Guardian July 18, 2023 23:14 UTC