The catholic church's supreme leader gives every easter a person or a group in the task to write the speech held in conjunction with the fair, which is held at the Colosseum in Rome. This year, the lot fell on sister Eugenia Bonetti, an 80-year-old Italian nun who won praise for her work with women and children victims of trafficking in human beings.
with a prayer which was read out by pope Francis, where he among other things criticised world leaders for taking advantage of people's vulnerable situation for political gain.
the Pope leads a mass in saint peter's Basilica on Saturday and on easter Sunday he's "Urbi et Orbi" ("To the city and the world") where he traditionally speaks from his balcony.