Αssociated Press reports from Rome that a masked Pope Francis welcomed religious leaders to a socially-distanced interfaith peace prayer Tuesday, appealing for a unified international effort to work for peace and an end to the coronavirus pandemic.
Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh, and Hindu leaders stood for a minute of silence to pray for all the victims of COVID-19 and a universally available vaccine, as the sunset on the piazza overlooking the Roman Forum.
“The pandemic is reminding us that we are blood brothers and sisters,” they noted in a joint appeal issued at the end of the service.
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