Pope blesses chapel bell in Austria’s tyrol region
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Helmut Strobl, an 85-year-old artist, watched as Pope Leo blessed the bell of the Serleskirchl, a small chapel Strobl created in Tyrol, Austria.
Strobl conceived the idea for the chapel eight years ago during a walk with his wife and dog. Raimund Schreier, the retired abbot of Stift Wilten, presented the project to Pope Leo and showed him a photograph of the chapel, which stands before the Serles mountain.
Regional businesses and voluntary donations funded the chapel’s construction, which opened a year ago. Since its opening, the Serleskirchl has attracted more visitors to the Serlesbahnen, the local cable car company. After returning from Rome, workers will hang the bell at Koppeneck, a location above the town of Mieders, where it will ring for the first time.
