Crusade1999

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Jane:
And as the planetary quarantine enters its fourth month, mass rioting continues in India, South Africa, and parts of central America as they struggle to deal with the total collapse of their economies, the result of lost income usually generated by trade with other worlds. ... In the Vatican, Pope Bernadette II led a global day of prayer and fasting. She called for churches everywhere to unite in the scientific community's attempt to find a medical cure.