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Maskless pope blames 'this lady called COVID' for distance

| October 28, 2020 4:09 AM

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has blamed “this lady called COVID” for forcing him to keep his distance again from the faithful during his general audience, which was far smaller than usual amid soaring coronavirus infections in Italy.

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