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September 11, 2020 at 9:16 AM EDT

Photographer Roland Reinstadler followed two priests, Father Christian and Father Markus, as they tended to the faithful in the villages of the Italian Alps, where faith remains strong even, and maybe especially, in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

“In the villages of the Italian Alps, faith is still a central element of life and is shaped by the contact between priests and believers,” Reinstadler said. “But if the corona pandemic breaks in like a storm in this world shaped by religious traditions, through which lockdown breaks all contact and the church stands still, how is it possible for priests to give consolation and hope when contact is almost impossible?”

By Kenneth Dickerman and Roland Reinstadler

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