It looks like the rumors were true after all, the Presepio of Mercy at Most Precious Blood Church in Manhattan’s historic Little Italy, has been sold and is being packed for shipment. I learned this news Tuesday evening while visiting the church for our San Rocco Feast committee meeting.

Arriving early, I entered the church for a Holy Hour of Prayer and found the Neapolitan presepiodisassembled in the nave. A lone Pulcinella was all that remained on the desolate scenery.