It cites the lawsuit filed Friday and says the new rules offer “parity” among different types of activities. The order further states that the city will impose a 250-person cap on a wider variety of socially distant activities. The Basilica seats 3,000 people at a time, and last Christmas, at seven Masses on Christmas Day and Eve, it hosted 13,650 people. With social distancing, Rossi said the Shrine potentially could fit 425 individuals at a time or 800 family members sitting together. The lawsuit said the archdiocese would agree to a 50 percent capacity cap, but not a maximum number of attendees.

Source: Washington Post December 17, 2020 05:10 UTC