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Pope makes surprise visit to homeless getting Covid-19 vaccine in Vatican

Pope Francis speaks to medical staff. [Reuters]

Pope Francis paid a surprise visit on Friday to homeless and poor people from Rome getting free Covid-19 vaccinations in the Vatican.

Pictures released by the Vatican showed the 84-year-old pontiff greeting doctors, nurses, charity workers, and vaccine recipients in a make-shift clinic in the Vatican’s audience hall, largely disused because of the pandemic.

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