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Tokyo Archbishop Asks Olympic Athletes Not to Visit Catholic Churches During Games to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

Arne Müseler via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).Japan National Stadium in Tokyo is the main stadium of the 2020 Summer Olympics.

A dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass is still in place in the Tokyo Archdiocese. The city of Tokyo has already enforced a state of emergency ahead of the Olympic Games, which are scheduled to begin on July 23.