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Rita, the cross 09 April 2021
At night in Saint Peter’s Square, Rita walks with her head held high, clasping the wooden Cross in her hands. Rita is used to addressing “crosses” as “you”, to the point that she does not even consider them to be “crosses” but “natural”. And perhaps she is right. A week ago she turned 39 and she is here tonight, raising her head and the Cross, in Saint Peter’s Square, in front of Pope Francis.