Pope Francis on Wednesday asked Italian Army officers to remove their Covid masks while they posed for pictures/ at the Vatican. In the images, Pope was seen turning behind him to speak to the Italian Army and telling them to take their masks off. After they removed the mask, the group then posed for photos during a meeting at the Vatican. The officers had arrived at the Vatican for the Pope’s weekly general audience at the Paul VI Hall on Wednesday. It comes after the Pope was criticised back in 2020 for not wearing a face mask and only wearing one for the first time in October, seven months …
