“The suffering and death that, as in other parts of Italy, you are experiencing because of the coronavirus is for me a reason for prayer and human closeness.” “It is also the reason for Christian hope even in these moments, God is speaking to us.” The Pope describes “this dangerous situation,” as “an opportunity to see what men and women of good will are capable of those who, in these days, are doing more than they should: the medical and para- medical personnel first and foremost.”

Pope Francis
has written an open letter published in Padua’s daily newspaper 10 March 2020