Only fully vaccinated to be allowed to attend events during pope's visit

Only fully vaccinated individuals will be able to attend the events that will be on the programme of Pope Francis's visit to Slovakia in September and to meet him in person, Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky said on Tuesday. "Our common goal is to create conditions that will allow the Holy Father to leave Slovakia with nice memories, to create conditions for his entourage, as well as for the believers who wish to have a profound spiritual experience, and at the same time to enable as many people as possible -- be they believers or others -- to attend public Holy Masses," said Lengvarsky, explaining that this is the result of his agreement with Episcopal Conference of Slovakia (KBS) head Stanislav Zvolensky. According to Lengvarsky, people will be allowed to attend the events in numbers that will exceed the limits for public gatherings currently in place.