"We have a negotiation with the government, we go ahead according to that."
This was said by the president of the CEI, Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, responding - on the sidelines of the assembly of European bishops taking place in Rome - to those who asked him if the Green pass will also be introduced for masses.
On the question "I have to hear from the Permanent Council and the whole episcopate. We, not out of privilege but like all religions, have signed our agreement" with the executive and "so far in the churches we have respected all the rules we have set for ourselves" , he added.
He then explained: "It is not a simple matter, however all means are used to preserve our health, to prevent. And at the present time the vaccine is still the greatest guarantee we have."
He then reassured everyone about the health conditions of Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, who contracted Covid in a mild form: "He is fine, he has no fever, he is just waiting for the checks to return to normal life, I spoke to him and I brought him the affectionate greeting from all of us, we have remembered it in our prayers ".
(Unioneonline / F)
