With Christmas curtailed, Pope starts season with pre-dawn visit to statue

December 8, 2020 By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis made an unannounced, pre-dawn visit to a Rome landmark on Tuesday to pray after he was forced to cancel the traditional public ceremony because of the coronavirus. Popes traditionally go to Rome’s Spanish Steps area on the afternoon of Dec. 8, the Roman Catholic …

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