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Many Roman festive practices did find sanctuary in the medieval liturgical calendar, in modified and Christianized form.

Visitors will also notice a change to the liturgical lay-out of the cathedral, whose altar, lectern and seating were all destroyed.

“In Latin America, Franciscans and Jesuits always advocated for the adaptation of liturgical texts in the local languages, songs, and musical styles,” Chávez-Bárcenas wrote.

The liturgical book was produced in one of the first Christian monasteries and contains the complete texts of two Bible books.

But Francis seemed energized by his visit to the Rebibbia prison, where he was given a basket of vegetables grown in the prison garden as well as two liturgical stoles embroidered by the inmates.