Pope Francis attended the rosary prayer in the Vatican gardens on Saturday, May 30, in the presence, for the first time in almost three months, of nearly a hundred faithful, all broadcast in the whole world.
The prayer took place in the Vatican gardens, opposite the replica of the Lourdes cave, in the presence of people involved in various capacities in the Covid-19 pandemic, which killed more than 33,000 people on the peninsula.
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Since the beginning of the confinement in Italy on March 10, the Vatican has applied the same rules of social distancing as those valid on the peninsula, and the Pope has since received only extremely small delegations. Thanks to the progressive deconfinement in Italy, he will start again Sunday to recite his Sunday prayer from the window of the Apostolic Palace in front of the faithful, authorized for one week to assemble again on the place Saint-Pierre.
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For this Saturday's prayer, prayers similar to that in the Vatican were held simultaneously in dozens of Marian shrines around the world, especially in France, the United States, Canada, Malta but also Chile, Israel, Argentina or Ivory Coast. The Pope's prayer was broadcast live on the Vatican's Facebook page, as well as by CTV, the small state television.