St Peter's Square Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/st-peters-square/ The low down on African affairs Sun, 01 Sep 2019 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 St Peter's Square Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/st-peters-square/ 32 32 Pope gets stuck in lift https://jjcornish.com/2019/09/pope-gets-stuck-in-lift/ Sun, 01 Sep 2019 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2019/09/pope-gets-stuck-in-lift/ Pope France, preparing for his three-nation African safari starting midweek, was late for his traditional address to the crowds on St Peter’s Square yesterday. He’s been stuck in a lift in the Vatican for 25 minutes and had to be recused by firefighters. From his balcony overlooking the throng on St Peter’s Square, Pope Francis […]

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]]> Pope France, preparing for his three-nation African safari starting midweek, was late for his traditional address to the crowds on St Peter’s Square yesterday.

He’s been stuck in a lift in the Vatican for 25 minutes and had to be recused by firefighters.

From his balcony overlooking the throng on St Peter’s Square, Pope Francis apologized for being late for his customary Sunday meeting with the masses.

He explained he had been stuck in a lift which he has had been caused by a drop in tension of the the electricity. 

The pontiff asked the faithful to applaud the firemen who had rescued him.

In his address he said the world was undergoing a climate emergency and urged governments to take drastic measures to stop global warming.

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