On the side of religious communities, we are impatiently awaiting the white smoke of the government.
Perhaps from Saturday 28 or Sunday 29 November to win a weekend of services.
Especially among Catholics, who did not hesitate to demonstrate loudly in several cities of France to demand the return of mass.
Other mobilizations are still planned.
Because if places of worship have been able to remain open for the individual practice of the faith, ceremonies outside weddings (limited to 6 people) and funerals (no more than 30) have been prohibited for three weeks.
"Given the current health indicators, if they are confirmed in the coming days, freedom of worship
(Editor's note: which is a constitutional right)
must be the first noose to be loosened", confides those around Jean Castex.
“We are watching the decision, but everything is ready for us, breathes Vincent Neymon, spokesperson for the conference of bishops of France.
We have sent our sanitary protocol to the Ministry of the Interior.
It's a kind of mutual insurance.
The state guarantees that it will not invoke the disturbance to public health order to reduce our freedom of expression and the charter to which we comply will allow us to find the way to the churches.
For us, Mass takes on its meaning in the community meeting.
Through TV, it remains a spectacle… ”
Two tracks to define the number of participants
Discussions are still ongoing between a reduced gauge of 30 faithful or a number of square meters per person to take into account the size of religious buildings.
"Either we do tailor-made and we are criticized because it is not readable, or we do the same for everyone and we are told that it is not fair", we concede at the Premier minister.
"We will adapt, the pastoral imagination is there," continues Vincent Neymon.
Depending on the location, priests may hold several masses.
We are going to enter the Advent period, which is very important in preparing for Christmas.
The prospect of everyone staying at home was painful.
"
Or even inconceivable.
“Explain to me the risk in a mass that respects the rules compared to people who go out every day to push their trolleys or take transport? -Louis in Versailles (Yvelines) among a thousand malcontents.
All this has lasted too long!
"
"Above all, you must not play with fire"
The Jewish community, too, has high hopes.
“It's a co-production with the government,” explains Haïm Korsia, Chief Rabbi of France.
Our protocol is very strict, we are coming back to what we had after the deconfinement on May 11.
Above all, I don't want to make the top 50 sufferings, but for someone who has faith, the source of hope is shared first in public.
I think of all the bereaved families who could not say the kaddish
(Editor's note: prayer of consolation)
at this particular moment and who will finally be able to do so.
"
Among Muslims, we oscillate between serenity, fatalism and extreme caution.
"The first confinement was not easy but there everyone understood, notes Kamel Kabtane, rector of the mosque of Lyon.
It was necessary to accept the laws of the Republic.
People have got into the habit of coming with their mats, their masks, their shoe bags, walking in one behind the other, having the temperature checked… Our fear is that we say that a cluster s 'is declared in a mosque.
It is important not to play with fire.
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