VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has made a surprise visit to the site of the devastating August earthquake in central Italy, praying silently alone amid the rubble in the hardest-hit part of the devastated town of Amatrice. The Vatican announced the pope’s visit to the quake zone in central Italy shortly after his arrival Tuesday morning, in keeping with Francis’ previously stated wishes to keep the visit private. “I didn’t come earlier so as not to cause problems, given your condition,” the pope told survivors, according to Vatican Radio. “I didn’t want to be a bother.” Photographs released by the Vatican showed the pope praying amid the rubble with Amatrice’s medieval bell tower, still standing ...
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