Some Rome churches reopen after angry pope steps in
Temporary closure notices are attached on the door of the church of San Luigi dei Francesi during the Covid-19 emergency lockdown, in Rome, Italy, on March 13, 2020. – EPA pic, March 14, 2020.
SOME of Rome’s Catholic churches reopened yesterday after Pope Francis voiced displeasure with the Italian authorities’ push to shut them because of the coronavirus pandemic. The rare standoff between the 83-year-old pontiff and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s government came as Italy’s death toll reached 1,266.
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