“I would avoid talking about reconstruction, because we don't want to rebuild what was already there,” says the superior general of the Jesuits.
In addition to souvenir shops, popular religious stores hope the situation will improve.
Tomás Insua, with Global Catholic Climate Movement, says the pandemic lining up with the five year anniversary of Laudato si', is no coincidence.
It's called “Cocinar para otros,” “Cooking for others.” Its objective is to provide hot meals to people living in the streets.