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Pope's special prayer of comfort amidst pandemic
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Pope Francis stood alone today in Saint Peter's Square to bless Catholics around the world suffering under the coronavirus pandemic, urging people to ease their fears through faith. "Thick darkness has gathered over our squares, our streets and our cities; it has taken over our lives, filling everything with a deafening silence and a distressing void, that stops everything as it passes by," he said.
In a historic first, the Argentinian pontiff performed the rarely recited "Urbi et Orbi" blessing from the steps of the basilica to an empty square, addressing those in lockdown across the globe via television, radio and social media. "We find ourselves afraid and lost," he said in a homily ahead of the blessing, as he stood under a canopy
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