NSTworld Catholics around the world joined Pope Francis in praying the rosary on Thursday night to ask God to end the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more people in Italy than anywhere else.
Italy’s bishops asked the country’s Catholics to say the rosary in their homes starting at 9pm and to put a lighted candle in their windows in a sign of national unity.
Francis, who is secluded in the Vatican and holding his general audiences over the internet instead of before crowds in St Peter’s Square, broadcast a video message over television as the praying began. Italy’s death toll from the coronavirus overtook that of China, where the virus first emerged, as hospitals said they were being overwhelmed and the government prepared to prolong emergency lockdown measures.
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