People more important than the economy, pope says about Covid crisis

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Pope Francis said on Sunday that people are more important than the economy, as countries decide how quickly to reopen their countries from ...

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said on Sunday that people are more important than the economy, as countries decide how quickly to reopen their countries from coronavirus lockdowns.

Francis made his comments, departing from a prepared script, at the first noon address from his window overlooking St Peter's Square in three months as Italy's lockdown drew to an end."Healing people, not saving to help the economy , healing people, who are more important than the economy," Francis said.Francis did not mention any countries.

The pope's words were met with applause by hundreds of people in the square, many of whom wore masks and kept several metres from each other. The square was reopened to the public last Monday. Normally tens of thousands attend on a Sunday.The last time the pope delivered his message and blessing from the window was Mar 1, before Italy, where more than 33,000 people have died from the virus, imposed a lockdown. The last restrictions will be lifted on Wednesday.

"People do not come out of a crisis like this the same as before. We will come out either better or worse than before. Let's have the courage to emerge better than before in order to build the post-crisis period of the pandemic positively," he said.

 

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