Stunning photos show Pope Francis praying to an empty St. Peter's Square amid the coronavirus
Posted on AllSides March 28th, 2020
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As Easter approaches, images from an empty Friday mass at St. Peter's Basilica paint a stark portrait of the Vatican, which, along with surrounding Italy, has been afflicted by coronavirus.
During the rain-soaked Urbi and Orbi prayer, Pope Francis stood underneath a canopy as he held service to an empty St. Peter's Square.
The Pope likened the coronavirus pandemic to an "unexpected, turbulent storm" that brings us on "the same boat."
He also expressed gratitude for the "ordinary people ... who do not appear in newspaper and magazine headlines" –...
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