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Pope hails priests, health workers as 'the saints next door'

by Associated Press
| April 9, 2020 11:33 AM

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Holy Thursday hailed priests and medical staff who tend to the needs of COVID-19 patients as “the saints next door.”

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