Pope Francis, holed up in the Vatican by Italy's coronavirus epidemic, held his first virtual general audience, thanking medical staff but urging the world not to forget the plight of Syrian refugees, Reuters reported.
Francis and ten priests, some of whom translate his words into other languages — all sitting in a horseshoe pattern of chairs with space between them — gathered in the official papal library for an audience that was streamed on the internet and broadcast live on television.
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