Pope Makes Mini-Pilgrimage Outside Vatican to Pray for End of Pandemic
March 16, 2020By Cindy Wooden and Currents News Staff ROME (CNS) — With Italy on lockdown and Rome streets almost deserted, Pope Francis left […]
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