Pope Francis on Saturday held his first audience for a group of people since Italy lifted its coronavirus lockdown, granting it to health workers ...
Pope Francis leads a traditional Corpus Christi feast Mass in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Jun 14, 2020. VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Saturday held his first audience for a group of people since Italy lifted its coronavirus lockdown, granting it to health workers from the Italian region most affected by the pandemic.
He thanked the health workers, who wore masks, for being"angels", including by lending their cell phones to dying patients so they could say their final goodbyes to their loved ones. Nearly 35,000 people in Italy have died of COVID-19, the fourth highest number in the world after the United States, Brazil and Britain.Nearly 170 of them were doctors and the pope paid special tribute to them in his address on Saturday.
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