A woman holds a placard reading "We want the mass" as faithful Catholics rally to protest against COVID-19 restrictions under which masses are banned in churches, on November 15, 2020 in Versailles, outside Paris, as France is on a second lockdown to tackle the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus.

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A woman holds a placard reading "We want the mass" as faithful Catholics rally to protest against COVID-19 restrictions under which masses are banned in churches, on November 15, 2020 in Versailles, outside Paris, as France is on a second lockdown to tackle the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus.

As several European countries resort to new lockdown measures to curb the coronavirus epidemic, freedom of worship is undergoing new restraints, arousing dismay among Catholic authorities and faithful.