Pope to livestream Easter mass to locked-down world eNCA
Even such hallowed traditions as the pope's messages to the faithful on Saint Peter's Square have been replaced by prayers that Francis reads into a camera from the seclusion of his private library.
His only audience is the camera and the 83-year-old Argentine has admitted that the entire experience makes him feel"caged".Francis cut a lonely but striking figure when he slowly entered a dark and starkly empty Vatican square in his white robe for a torch-lit Good Friday procession. It had taken place around the Roman Colosseum in the presence of at least 20,000 faithful for more than 50 years.
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