The Bishop of Zamora Ordered a Novena in Honor of Saint Rocco the Patron Saint of Pestilence

The Bishop of Zamora defied the health authorities by ordering an Ovena evening prayers on nine consecutive days. The congregation was asked to adore relics of Saint Rocco, which meant lining up to kiss them So plague breaks out. "I just feels like a very heavy thing to have to lay on the people," he says.