Diocese of Bergamo (Italy) bans ringing of bells along with all public litrugies" due to fear of Corona virus

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Coronavirus. In Bergamo the Curia forbids the ringing of bells: they could “infect” the faithful of the holy desire to get back the celebrations of the Holy Masses!​

We learn with disappointment that because of the notorious coronavirus the Diocese of Bergamo (but also other dioceses) has banned the ringing of bells especially in funerals *** as** there is unfortunately no public liturgical celebrations.
Are they crazy?
The city of Bergamo is also very famous for its splendid bell concerts: people are proud and happy
their bells that cheer the Upper Town; the Lower City and the peripheral parishes!

Try doing a search on Youtube by writing " Bergamo bells "! You will be delighted!

Regarding the incomprehensible curial refusal to ring the bells in the city and in the Diocese of Bergamo, above all in the funeral, a faithful wrote on a social :

" The bells certainly do not transmit the virus! It would have been nice instead of the bells to ring, thus attracting the attention of the community when the priest celebrates Holy Mass behind closed doors. Just as Christians we will not feel alone but in union with the priest who celebrates.
Not only! It is proven that the sound of the bells (a sacramental) is also an experienced anti-depressant as well as a source of physical well-being: " bells the" voice of God "are good for the mental and physical health of man and woman ". ( Read the informative note below )
What sadness not being able to ring our beloved bells, for the funeral also to ideally accompany the deceased to the Camposanto.
Hearing the bells ring, as is our custom for funerals, the recitation of a Requiem for the deceased is spontaneous.
We have a worried and confused community, the bells would not solve the coronavirus problem, but would help us to feel less alone.

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Speaking with several priests, I noticed that someone shares my thoughts, while others say that ringing the bells would cause confusion among the people. Confusion for what!
People are not stupid, they know very well that there is a ban on attending Mass. But knowing from the sound of the bells that the priest is celebrating for his community would also psychologically help the population in this particularly difficult moment ".

From the website of the Diocese of Milan, we learn that the sound of church bells was rightly counted among the liturgical “good practices” in this time of calamity. (read HERE )

In Pavia the Bishop Monsignor Corrado Sanguineti issued a communiqué "… I ask that even on weekdays, the priests celebrate daily Mass, behind closed doors, praying on behalf of the whole community, signaling with the sound of the bells that the Eucharist is offered for the living and the dead : even if we cannot celebrate publicly, the liturgical prayer must not fail, which for us priests is a daily meeting of life and is an inexhaustible source of grace for all the people of God " HERE

In Verona , on the initiative of the Curia, all the bells of the Diocese are rung every evening at 18.30, in union with the Bishop who recites the Rosary and celebrates the Eucharist in the Cathedral behind closed doors.

In Venice, the Patriarch arranged to ring the bells of the city in order to remove the specter of the coronavirus infection. HERE

In Liguria they " rang the bells three times a day (in addition to the usual appointment for the Angelus) to gather the faithful in spiritual communion inviting them to pray to ask for preservation from the disease, the healing of the sick, and suffrage for the deceased . " HERE

The bells are blessed and therefore considered a sacramental: every time they ring they invoke graces through the intercession of the Church that blessed them. The ringing of bells is therefore not simply a psychological and social comfort but a supernatural intervention of grace and the discomfort with their sound can reveal an indication of aversion to the sacred.

We appeal directly to His Excellency Msgr. Francesco Beschi, Bishop of Bergamo , so that in these sad days he will not make the faithful, but also those who declare themselves unbelievers, lack the valuable help of the sound of the bells that invite prayer and recollection and imprint in the hearts of all precious feelings of hope and trust.

B.C
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Note: read the article " Medical report: the ringing of bells is good " The neurologist: “It is” sometimes disturbing " silence , as well as the total lack of background noise potentially capable of producing a" sensory deficit ", to harm “health.” Other than the tolling of the bells that mark the religious functions and the life of the parish community. Muting the centuries-old din-don-dan of the bell tower - the “voice of God” for Christian popular culture - in short, it would not only mean taking away from the faithful their symbolic sense of belonging but also depriving them of a reason for physical well-being. "

It seems as if public expressions of Catholicism are being discouraged.
 
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