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Pope voices support for virus victims in first livestream prayer

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AFP Vatican City

Pope Francis expressed solidarity Sunday with the victims of the novel coronavirus in his first livestreamed prayer and message from the Vatican.

"I am close through prayer with the people who suffer from the current coronavirus epidemic," the 83-year-old pope said in a message recorded at the Vatican library and aired live on a screen on Saint Peter's Square before a small crowd.

 

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First Published: Mar 08 2020 | 5:28 PM IST

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