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Pope Francis readies for solitary Easter weekend

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing the Vatican to depart from its holy week traditions, with the church announcing that the Pope will not baptize new Catholics into the faith and will carry out the Holy Saturday Vigil alone. Chris Livesay reports from an empty St. Peter’s Square, an area normally filled with tens of thousands of Easter weekend tourists.
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