“There was no room for them in the inn.” — Traditional Pilgrims blocked by Vatican from Entering the Holy See

 Michael Haynes reports from Rome at this very instant:

NEW: The group was stopped at the obelisk in St Peter’s Square, by order of the Vatican, at the edge of Italian jurisdiction 

 Now also the pilgrimage has been told that it can only be at St Mary Major for 1 hour — so no solemn Mass as planned, just a low Mass