No crying in Sistine Chapel as baptisms cancelled amid COVID


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  • Tuesday, 05 Jan 2021

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis leads a Mass to baptise babies in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, January 12, 2020. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -There will be no crying in the chapel this year.

A traditional ceremony in which popes baptise newborn babies in the Sistine Chapel has been cancelled because of coronavirus restrictions, the Vatican said on Tuesday.

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