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A child prays the rosary at the 2018 Rosary Congress at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Pope composes prayers for end of pandemic to be recited after rosary

Cindy Wooden
April 26, 2020
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Pope Francis asked Catholics to make a special effort in May to pray the rosary, knowing that by doing so they will be united with believers around the world asking for Mary’s intercession in stopping the coronavirus pandemic.

A statue of Mary is visible among the vivid spring buddings May 1, 2019, at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y. The U.S. and Canadian bishops announced April 23, 2020, they will consecrate their nations to Mary during the coronavirus pandemic May 1. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)

Bishops of U.S., Canada will consecrate their nations to Mary May 1

Catholic News Service
April 23, 2020
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Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has announced the U.S. bishops will join the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops May 1 in consecrating the two nations to the care of the Blessed Mother under the title “Mary, Mother of the Church.”

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.

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