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Vatican City, Feb 17 (EFE), (Camera: Álvaro Padilla).- Pope Francis hold the Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica instead of the traditional celebration on the Aventine Hill due to Covid-19 pandemic. FOOTAGE OF THE ASH WEDNESDAY MASS IN ROME.
Recently recovered from a bout of ill-health, Pope Francis marks the feast of the Immaculate Conception with a ceremony on the Piazza di Spagna in central Rome, where he is greeted by a substantial crowd of well-wishers and worshippers. The 86-year-old Argentine pontiff offers a prayer to the Virgin Mary in front of the statue of the Mother of God near the Spanish Steps, an annual tradition on what is a bank holiday in largely Catholic Italy. IMAGES
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives in Rome for an official visit during which he will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican and Italian President Sergio Mattarella. IMAGES
Pope Francis leads Angelus prayer in Vatican for the first time since he left the hospital after undergoing a hernia operation. The 86-year-old has suffered a series of health issues since his election in 2013. IMAGES
Pope Francis leaves a Rome hospital in a wheelchair, where he had a hernia operation. The 86-year-old pontiff underwent a three-hour surgery under general anaesthetic on June 7 to remove a painful hernia on the site of a scar from a previous surgery. IMAGES
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