{"id":3369,"date":"2021-02-15T18:19:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T12:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dazzling-chebyshev.103-73-189-254.plesk.page\/?p=3369"},"modified":"2021-02-15T18:19:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T12:49:31","slug":"better-than-feared-christmas-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dazzling-chebyshev.103-73-189-254.plesk.page\/?p=3369","title":{"rendered":"Better than feared Christmas celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Europe and America are still cold. The virus hasn&#8217;t shown any sign of retreat. In fact, a second wave is passing through. the two continents.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Beijing. Associated Press reported, official churches abruptly cancelled Mass on Christmas Day. China\u2019s Capital was put on high alert after confirmation of two COVID-19 cases last week, and two new asymptomatic cases were reported Friday. One of several notices was posted at Beijing&#8217;s St Joseph&#8217;s Church , which was built by Jesuit missionaries in the 17th century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the foreign reports. in Paris, members of Notre Dame Cathedral&#8217;s choir, wearing hard hats and protective suits \u2014 not against COVID-19 but for construction conditions in the medieval landmark ravaged by fire in 2019 \u2014 sang inside the church for the first time since the blaze. In a Christmas Eve concert, accompanied by an acclaimed cellist and a rented organ. the socially distanced singers performed beneath the cathedral&#8217;s stained glass windows amid the darkened church. which is transitioning from being a hazardous cleanup operation to becoming a massive reconstruction site. The public was not allowed in and isn&#8217;t expected to see the interior of Notre Dame until at least 2024 Partial lock-down measures in<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rome were keeping the believers from gathering in St. Peter&#8217;s Square. where in past years lakhs of people would receive a papal blessing and hear the pope&#8217;s traditional Christmas Day message. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"tadv-color\">The pandemic fear, however, hasn&#8217;t curtailed the Christmas celebration around the world so much as anticipated.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But they wouldn&#8217;t have been able to see Pope Francis anyway this year. As virus resurgence in Italy compelled the pontiff to stop appearing on the central balcony of St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica this Christmas but opted to deliver his annual address on world issues from inside the Apostolic Palace. Elsewhere, Christmas was a difficult time, Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Beijing. Associated Press reported, official churches abruptly cancelled Mass on Christmas Day. China\u2019s Capital was put on high alert after confirmation of two COVID-19 cases last week, and two new asymptomatic cases were reported Friday. 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