Like a majority of regulars at Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, a Marian sanctuary nestled in the heart of Paris, Claude Batola came from the suburbs. This resident of Drancy (Seine-Saint-Denis) particularly venerates the Virgin Mary: “I prayed while thinking of her during confinement. It was natural for me to attend my first mass of deconfinement in this church, "he says after discovering on Saturday on the internet that Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, known for its twenty-six thousand votive offerings, more touching than the others, reopened, like thirty Parisian churches. A cloth mask on his face, he lives the whole protocol, rather drastic, with philosophy: “The virus continues to make its way. We do not have a choice."
At the entrance, this Sunday morning, nine volunteers distribute hydroalcoholic gel and verify that the parishioners are wearing a mask, a condition for entering. Each is led to a place marked by Scotch. Families confined together can
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