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Pope ends public audiences, eyes Christmas as virus surges

by Nicole Winfield
| October 29, 2020 10:30 AM

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is halting his public general audiences and will limit participation at Christmas and other upcoming Masses amid a surge of coronavirus cases in Italy and the Vatican, officials said Thursday.

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