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Famous tenor Andrea Bocelli decided to attend Mass on Easter Sunday at St. Patrick\u2019s Catholic Church in Miami Beach, Florida. Not only did he attend, he asked if he could sing<\/a> \u201cPanis Angelicus\u201d during communion. The church happily obliged him.<\/p>\n

To the congregation\u2019s credit, they largely stay focused on receiving the Eucharist instead of the fact that a superstar was in their midst. Of course, some people used their cameras to record the song.<\/p>\n

One of those videos is embedded below.<\/p>\n

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