In an exceptional situation, extraordinary resources. Were they, for the Pope, those of prayer. Twice this week, Wednesday, Feast of the Annunciation, and Friday evening, he led “global” prayers to ward off the epidemic and support those who are sick and those who care for them.
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Each time, the same scenario: Francis, alone in front of Vatican television cameras, addressing worshipers from around the world. "We want to respond to the pandemic of the virus with the universality of prayer, compassion, tenderness," he said.
Wednesday was a simple “Our Father”, recited in union with all the Christians of the Earth including the Orthodox, Anglicans and Protestants. Friday evening, it was a rainy meditation, on the forecourt of Saint Peter's basilica, followed by a time of worship and a special blessing Urbi et Orbi, accompanied by a "plenary indulgence", to the city of Rome and the world. All in front of a large "crucifix"
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