Pope Francis Daily

Pope Francis told the mask-wearing crowd in the large Vatican hall: ‘Forgive me if I greet you from a from a distance.

‘I would like to come down as usual and get close to you to greet you, but with new prescriptions, we would better keep our distances.

 ‘I believe that if all of us, as good citizens, respect the prescriptions of the authorities, it will help to put an end to this pandemic.’