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Pope visits empty Rome to pray for end of the virus

Published 15 March 2020, 9:20 pm
Pope Francis ventured into a deserted Rome to pray at two shrines for the end of the coronavirus pandemic. The Vatican said his Easter services will be held without the public for the first time.
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