Pope Wants Ceasefire – level 2

03-04-2020 15:00

Pope Francis said that he supported the UN Secretary-General’s statement to have a global ceasefire to end wars and to fight the coronavirus.

Francis said that he hoped countries will stop their fights with one another. He also said that countries need to help one another and pay attention to vulnerable people like those in prison or nursing homes.

Earlier this week, there were six confirmed cases of coronavirus in Vatican City. A Vatican official said that the Pope and people who work with him have not tested positive.

Difficult words: ceasefire (when leaders agree not to fight or to have wars), vulnerable (weak, defenseless), nursing home (a place for the elderly to live).

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