Religious events v Covid-19
Mar 31, 2021
3 minutes
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More Easter reports on Pages 12 and 13: Details subject to change depending on amendments to Covid-19 lockdown regulations by the Presidency
FOR the second consecutive year, Pope Francis led Palm Sunday services in an almost empty St Peter’s Basilica because of coronavirus restrictions.
In pre-coronavirus times, Palm Sunday, which marks the start of Holy Week and leads up to Easter, thousands of people gathered at St Peter’s Square holding olive branches and palm fronds in an outdoor ceremony.
Instead, according Reuters, about 120 members of the faithful joined the pope in Sunday’s mass and
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