At the end of the hour-long ceremony, Pope Francis gave the Urbi et Orbi blessing, granting Catholics the possibility to obtain a plenary indulgence.
The "Coronavirus Holy Week" begins in the Eternal City.
They can be shipped to a person's house, so they can give and make sacrifices, even while on lockdown.
He celebrated Mass with a handful of his collaborators in St. Peter's Basilica.
