During the Eucharist presided by Francis on Easter Sunday in Saint Peter's Square, a gust of wind caused the ancient icon of Christ the Saviour, next to Francis, to fall to the ground.
Two assistants put up the heavy frame that had fallen a few metres from Francis. Franca Giansoldati, in IlMessagero.it (2 April), mentions similar events. Among them:
- In 2013, on the day Benedict XVI renounced the papacy, a bolt of lightning struck the large iron cross at the top of St Peter's.
- In January 2014, Francis released a "dove of peace" during the Angelus, which was immediately attacked and mortally wounded by a crow and a seagull in flight.
- In June 2016, during Francis' trip to Armenia, he released doves at the Turkish border that inexplicably returned.
- In August 2018, the roof of the 400-year-old church of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami in Rome collapsed. The church is entrusted to the Jesuits and dedicated to St Joseph, the patron saint of the Church.
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