Pope Francis gives the Urbi et Orbi blessing on Easter Sunday in St. Peter�s Basilica on April 4th, 2021.

Pope Francis gives the Urbi et Orbi blessing on Easter Sunday in St. Peter's Basilica on April 4th, 2021.

In the letter published today, Pope Francis wrote: “In this past year, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, our world has been forced to confront a series of grave and interrelated socio-economic, ecological, and political crises.”