“I am close to you and I pray for you”. Pope Francis said this on his visit to Amatrice, speaking to earthquake-hit people, “L’Osservatore Romano” reports in a tweet.

https://twitter.com/oss_romano/status/783213627163680768

On his twitter account, the Holy See Press Office Director Greg Burke reports that the Pope greeted more than 100 children at the emergency school set up by the Civil Protection agency of Trentino.

https://twitter.com/GregBurkeRome/status/783210275629625344

Then, Mr Burke reports, he also greeted a man who had lost his wife and two children in the earthquake,

https://twitter.com/GregBurkeRome/status/783213966881333248

before praying in silence in front of the rubble.

https://twitter.com/GregBurkeRome/status/783215477514469376