VATICAN CITY: Praying in a desolately empty St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis on Friday afternoon (Saturday in Manila) likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying bare illusions that people can be self-sufficient and instead leaves “all of us fragile and disoriented” and needing each other’s help and comfort.
Pope Francis delivers his Urbi et Orbi (To the City and to the World) address in an empty St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican City on Friday (Saturday in Manila). AFP PHOTO