(ANSA) - Vatican City, April 23 - A priest who said Mass in
defiance of the coronavirus lockdown only to see police break up
the service on Wednesday received the solidarity of Papal
Almoner Konrad Krajewsky, sources said Thursday.
Krajewsky phoned Father Lino Viola, parish priest at
Gallignano near Cremona, to voice his "solidarity and prayer for
you", the sources said.
Father Viola has refused to apologise for the Mass even
though his diocese said he was wrong to celebrate it amid a ban
on public gatherings.
A top Vatican cardinal on Tuesday slammed the police for
breaking up the Sunday Mass.
"No authority is allowed to interrupt the Mass," said
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for the
Causes of Saints.
Priest who said Mass backed by Almoner
Konrad Krajewsky phones rebel cleric Father Lino Viola