“Great Procession of Provence: Tradition to Pray for Rain amidst Drought Emergency”

This week, the parish of the town of around 40,000 people called for a “great procession of Provence” Sunday at 4:30 p.m. “Drought emergency. We are going to take up the traditions of our elders and procession to ask Heaven to think of us”, she had called, in reference to the tradition of the Rogations, rituals carried out to promote prosperity and good harvests. For the Church, this kind of gathering is also an opportunity to make religion more accessible. “Christians defend the Catholic faith, but promote it little… Here, it is also an action in this direction, intended to open the Church, to make it more accessible”explained the priest Dieudonné Massoma to nice morning.