Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, the papal vicar for Rome, said the Church has exempted Catholics in the city from the obligation to attend Sunday mass. What to do when a plague hits Rome? We got a hint of an answer from a light posting on Twitter of @DrJulesGomes, Rome correspondent for Church Militant and editor of Rebel Priest. He tweeted:“Until noon, I could walk into any church in Rome. A couple of decades later, incessant rains caused the Tiber to flood much of Rome, destroying many churches and even the papal granaries.

Source: Philippine Star March 14, 2020 16:00 UTC