Another Lent, another Lentorama, this year with an historical theme:

Lentorama 2022: It Happened on Easter

40 days of world events that happened on (Western Christian) Easter Sunday. And while they won't all be connected to Easter specifically, our first entry is.

Day 1: Pope Francis livestreams the Urbi et Orbi address and blessing 

We go all the way back to 2020 for this one. The Urbi et Orbi blessing is typically given by the Pope on the most solemn occasions of the Catholic church: Easter, Christmas, and the election of a new Pope. With the world at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Francis opted to livestream the 2020 blessing rather than have people congregate in St. Peter's Square as usual. This followed an extraordinary Urbi et Orbi blessing a couple of week previously, which was given from the doors of St. Peter's and also without public attendance. 

Future blessings would also adapt to the pandemic, though Francis was able to give the blessing and address for Christmas 2021 from the traditional spot (a balcony in the central loggia of St. Peter's) and with people in the square. Which maybe wasn't for the best given that the omicron variant was on the rise, but it seems to have gone off without too much trouble.