Vatican City, Aug 26, 2020 / 04:45 am
Members of the public will be able to attend Pope Francis' general audiences again from Sept. 2 after an almost six-month absence due to the coronavirus crisis.
The Prefecture of the Papal Household announced Aug. 26 that the pope's general audience next Wednesday would take place "with the presence of the faithful."
It said that audiences would be held in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace throughout September, following advice from authorities seeking to restrict the spread of the coronavirus.
General audiences are usually held in either St. Peter's Square or the Paul VI Audience Hall. But when the pandemic struck Italy in March, the pope transferred his general audiences to the library of the Apostolic Palace, where they took place without public access.