Pope Francis today (April 12, 2020) called for global solidarity in fighting the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout, urging the relaxation of international sanctions, debt relief for poor nations, and ceasefires in all conflicts, according to the Reuters website.
He also warned the European Union that it risked collapse if it did not agree on how to help the region recover.
The pope's Easter "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) message, delivered from an empty St. Peter's Basilica -- instead of the usual crowd of tens of thousands in the square outside -- was by far his most pressing and political since his election in 2013.
Saying the message of this year's "Easter of solitude" should be a "contagion of hope," he heaped praise on doctors, nurses, and others risking their lives to save others and hailed those working to keep essential services running.
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