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Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae April 23, 2020. The pope began the Mass praying for poor families and for the conversion of loan sharks taking advantage of them during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope prays for poor families and for the conversion of loan sharks

Cindy Wooden
April 23, 2020
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Pope Francis prayed for families struggling economically during the COVID-19 pandemic and for the conversion of loan sharks who prey on them.

Members of Madrid's Emergency Service wearing protective equipment transfer a patient to another hospital April 20, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pope Francis donated respirators, masks and protective eyewear to several countries, including Spain, on the April 23 feast of his namesake, St. George, Vatican News reported. (CNS photo/Sergio Perez, Reuters)

Pope donates respirators, medical equipment to hospitals on name day

Junno Arocho Esteves
April 23, 2020
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To mark his name day, the feast of St. George, Pope Francis gave the gift of medical supplies to several countries reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.

Franciscan University of Steubenville is seen in this undated photo. In response to the unprecedented economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ohio university announced April 21, 2020, it will cover the remainder of tuition costs, after scholarships and grants have been applied, for the fall 2020 semester for all incoming full-time undergraduate students enrolled in its on-campus programs. (CNS photo/courtesy Franciscan University of Steubenville)

Franciscan University to pay tuition costs for new students in fall

Catholic News Service
April 23, 2020
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In response to the unprecedented economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, Franciscan University of Steubenville announced it will cover the remainder of tuition costs, after scholarships and grants have been applied, for the fall 2020 semester for all incoming full-time undergraduate students enrolled in its on-campus programs.

A recent "grab-and-go" hot meal at the Franciscan Center of Baltimore featured chicken, vegetables and mashed potatoes. (Courtesy Franciscan Center of Baltimore)

Franciscan Center triples the amount of people it feeds during pandemic

George P. Matysek Jr.
April 22, 2020
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The Franciscan Center in Baltimore has more than tripled the number of people it feeds during the coronavirus pandemic and expects those numbers to keep climbing as more people experiencing poverty or homelessness struggle with access to food.

Water flows down Fishhook Creek, near Palmer, Alaska, June 26, 2019. Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical "Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home" was widely lauded for its scope on the moral and ethical response to protecting Earth's environment for future generations. (CNS photo/Sam Lucero, The Compass)

Five years after Laudato Si, and 50 after the first Earth Day

Doug DeMeo
April 21, 2020
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Let this five years’ marking of Laudato Si and 50 years’ celebration of Earth Day impel our desires to know and accept our sacred place like never before.

A Portuguese flag is seen near Pope Francis as he greets the crowd before celebrating Mass for World Youth Day pilgrims at St. John Paul II Field in Panama City Jan. 27, 2019. World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, will be pushed back until August 2023, the Vatican announced. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)

Pope postpones World Meeting of Families, World Youth Day

Cindy Wooden
April 21, 2020
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Pope Francis has agreed with a recommendation by the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life to postpone by one year the next gatherings of the World Meeting of Families and World Youth Day.

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