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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.

Jesuit Father Francis X. Moan, shown as a young priest, died of complications from the coronavirus April 17, 2020. The former headmaster of Loyola Blakefield was 93. (CR file)

Jesuit Father Francis Moan, former Loyola Blakefield headmaster, dies at 93

Tim Swift
April 20, 2020
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Jesuit Father Francis X. Moan, a Baltimore native who eventually became a headmaster at his alma mater, Loyola Blakefield, and later tirelessly worked to improve the lives of refugees in America, died April 17 from complications of COVID-19, his family said. He was 93.

RADIO INTERVIEW: Dr. Robert Wicks, clinical psychologist, offers advice for dealing with stresses of pandemic

Archdiocese of Baltimore
April 20, 2020
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Dr. Robert Wicks, a clinical psychologist, bestselling author and professor emeritus at Loyola University Maryland, was our guest on the April 19 “Catholic Baltimore” radio show. He offers some advice for ways of dealing with the stresses and anxieties brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and also discusses the role of spirituality in alleviating those stresses.

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