Penitential Rite Held After Naked Man Stands on St. Peter’s Basilica’s Main Altar

Penitential Rite Held After Naked Man Stands on St. Peter’s Basilica’s Main Altar



National Catholic Register

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, presides over a penitential rite on June 3, two days after a Polish man stripped naked and stood on the basilica’s high altar.

A penitential rite is required by canon law in cases where sacred places are desecrated.