Posts Tagged ‘Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi’

Tokyo archbishop bans Olympians from Catholic churches

Monday, July 19th, 2021

Spectators have been banned from the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo amid a surge in COVID-19 infections in the area. Now the city’s Catholic archbishop has banned visitors to churches in the Archdiocese of Tokyo too. That includes athletes competing in the games and their support staff. This is according to a letter released earlier Read more

Tokyo Catholic churches to keep restrictive measures during Olympics

Thursday, July 8th, 2021
Tokyo Olympic Games Covid-19

Despite the Japanese government lifting the COVID-19 state of emergency in many cities ahead of the Olympic Games, the Tokyo Archdiocese says it will maintain infection control measures. Tokyo Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi said Catholics would remain on their guard following the government’s easing of restrictions. He said pandemic control measures will be in place Read more