Pope Francis ventured out to pray for coronavirus pandemic to end
A Vatican picture showed the pope and a small security detail walking on an empty Via del Corso
He left the Vatican unannounced and visited two churches, praying at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and St Marcello church where he prayed in front of a crucifix that was used in a procession when the plague hit Rome in 1522. The number of cases of Covid-19 in Italy has surged higher again. Some 3,590 more cases of the coronavirus have been reported in a 24-hour period, nearly 100 more than the increase the day before.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser thatHe prayed to the a crucifix that led a procession in 1522 to stop the great plague
Palm Sunday, which commemorates Jesus’ entry to Jerusalem, usually takes place in St. Peter’s Square, which traditionally is decorated with olive trees while those in the crowd hold up palm branches. The Netherlands usually fly in tens of thousands of flowers to decorate the papal altar and the entire square, but the Dutch ambassador to the Vatican, Caroline Weijers, said last week that there would be no flowers this year.
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