Incredible scene right now: Pope Francis praying in the middle of an empty St. Peter’s Square. 
“Thick darkness has gathered over our squares, our streets and our cities. It has taken over our lives, filling everything with a deafening silence.”
A crucifix that had been used in the time of the Plague has been moved to St. Peter’s (from a church in Rome’s city center) for this prayer.
Francis says that our lives in this moment are sustained by ordinary people: "doctors, nurses, supermarket employees, cleaners, caregivers, providers of transport, law and order forces, volunteers, priests, religious men and women."
