Vatican City, VATICAN, DECEMBER 25: Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas message from the central loggia of St.
Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, December 25, 2021. (Photo by Isabella Bonotto/Ana ROME (AP) - Pope Francis prayed Saturday for an end to the coronavirus pandemic, using his Christmas Day address to urge health care for all, vaccines for the poor and for dialogue to prevail in resolving the world’s conflicts.Amid a record-setting rise in COVID-19 cases in Italy this week, only a few thousand people flocked to a rain-soaked St.