Feeling 'caged' by coronavirus alarm, Pope delivers Sunday address over Internet

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VATICAN CITY (REUTERS) - Saying he felt 'caged', Pope Francis delivered his Sunday blessing over the Internet from inside the Vatican on Sunday (March 8) instead of from a window to stop crowds gathering during Italy's coronavirus outbreak.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

VATICAN CITY - Saying he felt"caged", Pope Francis delivered his Sunday blessing over the Internet from inside the Vatican on Sunday instead of from a window to stop crowds gathering during Italy's coronavirus outbreak.

It was the first time that Pope Francis had skipped giving the blessing and reading an address from the window since his election in 2013, apart from times he was travelling outside Rome. He encouraged the faithful"to live this difficult moment with the strength of faith, the certainty of hope and the fervour of charity". The window was then opened and he waved briefly and silently."I am bitterly disappointed," said Pamela Kennedy, 66, of Yukon, Oklahoma, who was in the square with her husband Bill.

 

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