In my parish the police decide who should do the Readings in the church at Mass. The priest does the Gospel Reading at Mass in Italian and lay people the First and Second Reading : they also decide to whom the sign of peace should be extended

In my parish the police decide who should do the Radings in the church. The priest does the Gospel Reading at Mass in Italian and lay people the First and Second Reading.

Often when there are non Christians present, they are invited up to do the Readings.

This is also the policy at the nearby church San Giuseppe all Aurelio, Cornelia, managed by the Oblates of St. Joseph. A section of the church has been given to the Orthodox Church, for their religious services on Sundays.At every Mass a police man is present, who is a non Christian, and he is armed.

The police decide at the church Santa Maria di Nazareth, Casalotti, Boccea, to whom the sign of the peace is to be extended and to who it is not to be given.The non Christian police also go up to receive the Eucharist at Mass and they are given the Eucharist.

Surreal? This is normal at Mass in Italian even in central Rome.-Lionel Andrades