Pandemic forces Vatican to scale down World Day of the Poor events

Vatican City, Nov 12, 2020 / 06:30 am (CNA).- Coronavirus restrictions have forced the Vatican to scale down this Sunday’s commemoration of the World Day of the Poor, a Vatican archbishop said Thursday.

Speaking at a press conference Nov. 12, Archbishop Rino Fisichella said that the pope would not be able to host a lunch for poor inhabitants of Rome at the Vatican as he had in previous years.