Pope calls on Christians around the world to recite the Lord’s prayer as Coronavirus spread continues.

Pope Francis is calling on Christians around the world to recite the Lord’s Prayer, commonly referred to as the Our Father in the Catholic Church, on Wednesday at noon ET as the coronavirus continues to spread.

Inside the Vatican, the city-state in Italy, one of the hardest-hit countries by COVID-19, the pope tweeted Tuesday calling the faithful to unite.

“Let us pray for the pandemic to end” with one of the most common prayers, he said.

“Let us all pray together for the sick, for the people who are suffering,” Francis said, according to a translation