By Jules Gomes, Church Militant - The Vatican will prohibit persons without a COVID-19 digital certificate from entering its sovereign territories starting Oct. 1, the Holy See Press Office announced Monday... The ordinance issued by Cdl. Giuseppe Bertello... was promulgated on the express orders of Pope Francis, Sept. 7... Francis said he was prepared "to adopt all appropriate measures to prevent, control and combat the ongoing public health emergency," even though there are currently zero cases of COVID-19 in the Vatican and no deaths caused by the disease.