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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis inaugurated
the full reopening of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on
Monday and Catholic churches across Italy held public
Masses for the first time in two months, in the latest
easing of coronavirus restrictions.

Francis said a private Mass in a side chapel where St.

John Paul II is buried to commemorate the 100th
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anniversary of the late Polish pope's birth. John Paul II lockdown eases
was made a saint in 2014. NBC News

The basilica, which on Friday underwent a sanitising

process to make it as cornavirus-free as possible, later
opened to the public for Masses by priests on other side
altars after the pope had left.

Signs in English and Italian told those entering that they

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masks and sanitize their hands. The Conversation

Italy's churches are holding Masses under strict new

 guidelines worked out between the country's bishops
and government.

The faithful will have to wear masks. Priests can

celebrate most of the Mass without masks but they will
Italy opens churches as virus rules dictate
have to wear one, as well as gloves, when they distribute to eat, pray
the communion wafer. The wafer is to be placed in the Associated Press

hand, not the mouth.

On Sunday the pope urged Italians to observe the new

norms "in order to protect each other's health and the
health of the people".

But, according to an Italian reporter inside the basilica

on Monday morning, at least one priest at a side altar 129 Lei - Perie electrica pentru curatare fa
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did not wear gloves or a mask while giving communion.

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Inside, the bronze statue of St. Peter, whose right toes

are worn down by centuries of kissing or touching by
pilgrims, was roped off so they could not continue the
tradition.

With few tourists currently visiting the Italian capital,

some Romans saw it as an opportunity to reclaim a
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