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Keeping the faith: Thousands pray in Portugal's main Catholic site for end to pandemic

Standing in circles marked to keep social distance, thousands of faithful gathered and held candles at one of Catholicism’s most famous sanctuaries in Portugal on Monday evening, with many praying for the end of the coronavirus pandemic.

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