The Assumption in Lourdes is the summer peak. In order not to turn into a peak of Covid-19 this weekend of August 15 - also punctuated by the reception of a friendly rugby derby between Pau and Bayonne -, the Hautes-Pyrénées prefecture is taking precautions to match. of the local context.
She decided to make the wearing of the mask compulsory in a large perimeter of the Marian city. Beyond the sanctuary itself, where the mask has been in force for several weeks, it includes the adjacent streets where hotels, restaurants and souvenir shops abound.
Limited capacity for Mass on August 15
While the pilgrimage to L'Assomption normally brings together between 20,000 and 25,000 believers, the religious site has decided in agreement with the prefectural authorities to limit the famous mass of August 15 to 5,000 people in the huge underground basilica of Saint Pius X Same gauge outside, on the esplanade. We will have to pray to be one of the elect.
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