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Wpływ epidemii koronawirusa na medialne transmisje Eucharystii

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The coronavirus epidemic has become a completely unexpected challenge for the pastoral activity of the Church. The introduced restrictions on the number of the faithful who can participate in the parish liturgy and in some countries even the complete closure of places of worship, resulted in a new perception of the role of media broadcasts of the Eucharist. The article presents the history of introducing television broadcasts of the Holy Mass and the related and variously solved problem of the place where such a liturgy is celebrated. Issues related to the specific phenomenon of broadcasting the Holy Mass from parish churches via the Internet with the use of one webcam are also discussed. Another problem is the way in which the faithful experience broadcasting of the Eucharist and remote participation in many new pastoral initiatives via Internet television. At the end, the question arises whether there will be a return of the faithful to the churches or perhaps the broadcasts will become virtual communities that many Catholics would find suffi cient for nurturing their religiosity