Vatican City, March 27, 2020. Pope Francis arrives to deliver an Urbi et orbi prayer from the empty St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican. Praying in a desolately empty St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis on Friday likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying bare illusions that people can be self-sufficient and instead finds "all of us fragile and disoriented" and needing each other's help and comfort. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for...
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Vatican City, March 27, 2020. Pope Francis arrives to deliver an Urbi et orbi prayer from the empty St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican. Praying in a desolately empty St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis on Friday likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying bare illusions that people can be self-sufficient and instead finds "all of us fragile and disoriented" and needing each other's help and comfort. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
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