In Italy, most Catholics skip Mass, keep identity

(5 Oct 2023)
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Casale San Nicola (Isola del Gran Sasso), Italy - 3 June 2023
1. Aerial drone video of procession leaving the Santa Maria church in Casale San Nicola, Isola del Gran Sasso
2. Local residents holding Saint Nicola statue in procession
3. Local residents and faithful, led in procession by Leonardo Millán, a local priest
4. Two old ladies following marching band in procession

5. Tilt down from Saint Nicola statue to church of Saint Mary
6. Agostino Tatulli and Cerchiara marching band musicians walking down the alleys of Casale San Nicola 
7. Tilt up of Tatulli tuning his instrument

8. Marching band in procession

9. Tilt down from cross to procession
10. Various of Saint Nicola procession and marching band

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Isola del Gran Sasso, Italy - 4 June 2023

11. Tatulli walking down an alley in Isola del Gran Sasso
12. SOUNDBITE (Italian), Agostino Tatulli, musician:
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“I don’t call myself an atheist, I don’t call myself a believer, because I don’t see myself in any religion at the moment, but I think that calling myself spiritual at the moment is the best definition.”

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Isola del Gran Sasso, Italy - 3 June 2023
13. Mass in Saint Gabriele sanctuary

14. Various of elderly people attending mass in Isola di Gran Sasso parish church
 
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Casale San Nicola, Italy - 3 June 2023

15. Various of Saint Nicola procession
16. SOUNDBITE (Italian), Leonardo Millán, priest:
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“We are seeing that religion is more and more lived as a personal thing, but in the small villages faith is still lived with a lot of strength, as an element of community life.”
 
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Assergi, Italy - 5 June 2023
17. Drone aerial of Gran Sasso massif

18. Grans Sasso covered by clouds
  
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Forca di Valle, Italy - 5 June 2023

19. Local residents playing in front of Saint Giusta church for the Saint Franco feast

20. Various of local youth playing folk music for the patron feast

21. Local residents in procession
22. Drone aerial of procession for Saint Franco patron feast
23. Drone tilt of Saint Giusta church, closed due to 2016 earthquake
24. Father Francesco Di Feliciantonio, parish priest for Forca di Valle and various other parishes, greeting local residents at the end of the patron’s feast

25. Drone video of Saint Giusta church
26. Di Feliciantonio playing on a tractor-trailer 

27. Various of Saint Franco procession

28. Drone aerial of Saint Giusta church

29. Fireworks

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Isola del Gran Sasso, Italy - 3 June 2023
30. Young people drinking and chatting at outdoor bar tables, in front san Sebastiano chapel
31. Various of young people chatting, drinking and scrolling smartphones

32. Various of San Gabriele sanctuary and bells tolling 
33. Faithful praying in front of Saint Gabriele tomb
34. Faithful visiting corridor filled with ex-votos
35. SOUNDBITE (Italian), Carmela Forino, Catholic believer and mother of two:
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“It is something that you feel and you want to come here. While in town going to mass feels like something forced. Like you must show you go to mass.
 
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Civitella del Tronto, Italy - 4 June 2023

36. Civitella del Tronto and the Apennines in the backdrop

37. Various of Carmela Forino and her family in a park
38. SOUNDBITE (Italian), Carmela Forino, Catholic believer and mother of two:

39. Forino’s son and daughter playing in the park
 
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