Chapter 147: Saintess? Witch!
At 2:45 in the afternoon, the plazas in front of the cathedrals of the Four Great Churches established in the Southeastern Major Diocese were already packed with people.
This was a traditional event of the Holy Spirit Festival. Every year on this afternoon, the Four Great Churches would simultaneously hold a public preaching speech in the plazas before their respective cathedrals, delivered by the Son of the Church and Saintess selected from within their own churches.
After the speeches concluded, the churches’ bishops would jointly perform blessings, demonstrating divine miracles to the public. These carefully arranged performances always guaranteed spectacular visual effects, striving to leave every spectator in awe.
Therefore, every year during the speeches, the plazas of all four cathedrals would be filled with pilgrims and nearby residents. It was the most grand public program that the Church offered to the people during the Holy Spirit Festival.
To manage the crowds, the major churches of the Southeastern Major Diocese had dispatched personnel to maintain order and conduct joint patrols.
At this moment, the plaza before the Creator Church cathedral was also a sea of people, and the number of attendees here was the largest among the Four Great Churches.
The simultaneous preaching speeches of the Four Great Churches also carried a sense of competition, aiming to improve the quality of speeches and performances. Having fewer attendees than the other churches was not a major issue, but if too many people were drawn away and the gap became too large, it would be rather embarrassing.
Most of the time, the Creator Church always ranked first in the number of people it attracted.
The Creator was the origin god who created matter, the patron deity of craftsmen and artisans. The Creator also governed the weather, so farmers and sailors often prayed to Him as well. As a result, there were many believers whose primary faith was in the Creator.