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Pope, in first post-lockdown audience, thanks Italian doctors
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS JUNE 20, 2020 / 7:26 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Pope, in first post-lockdown audience, thanks Italian doctors
Philip Pullella
2 MIN READ
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday held his first audience for a group of people since Italy lifted its coronavirus lockdown, granting it to health workers from the Italian region most affected by the pandemic.
“You were one of the supporting pillars of the entire country,” he told doctors and nurses from the Lombardy region gathered in the Vatican’s frescoed Clementine Hall, which had not been used for months because of the crisis.
“To those of you here and to your colleagues all across Italy go my esteem and my sincere thanks, and I know very well I am interpreting everyone’s sentiments,” he said.
He thanked the health workers, who wore masks, for being “angels,” including by lending their cell phones to dying patients so they could say their final goodbyes to their loved ones.
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Pope, in first post-lockdown audience, thanks Italian doctors
Philip Pullella
2 MIN READ
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday held his first audience for a group of people since Italy lifted its coronavirus lockdown, granting it to health workers from the Italian region most affected by the pandemic.
“You were one of the supporting pillars of the entire country,” he told doctors and nurses from the Lombardy region gathered in the Vatican’s frescoed Clementine Hall, which had not been used for months because of the crisis.
“To those of you here and to your colleagues all across Italy go my esteem and my sincere thanks, and I know very well I am interpreting everyone’s sentiments,” he said.
He thanked the health workers, who wore masks, for being “angels,” including by lending their cell phones to dying patients so they could say their final goodbyes to their loved ones.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pope/pope-in-first-post-lockdown-audience-thanks-italian-doctors-idUSKBN23R0GI