Tag: Pope Francis
COVID-19 pandemic drains Vatican coffers as income falls drastically
The pandemic has wreaked havoc with the Vatican’s finances, forcing it to dip into reserve funds and implement some of the toughest cost control measures ever in the tiny city-state.
Pope Francis reflects on prayer at weekly audience
He characterized prayer as ‘universal, intimate, and entirely trusting in God’
Pope Francis honors nurses, midwives as ‘saints next door’
At least 90,000 health care workers have been infected by the new coronavirus, and more than 260 nurses have died
Pope Francis to stop live broadcast of daily Mass
Last live broadcast of the pope's Mass will be a special one as it marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pope St. John Paul II
Pope Francis prays for those left jobless by pandemic
Experts have noted the pandemic has exacted an economic toll unseen since the Great Depression
Pope Francis calls for European unity amid pandemic
The pontiff asked European leaders to work together in addressing the possible social and economic consequences of COVID-19
Pope Francis prays for artists amid pandemic
Artists let us understand what beauty is, pope says
Pope Francis hits clericalism, apathy
Clericalism is a terrible sickness that robs the faithful of freedom and impedes them from going to Jesus, pope says
Pope prays for peace in families, unity in Church
The pontiff called division a ‘disease of the Church, a disease which arises from ideologies or religious factions’
Pope Francis calls for global cooperation against pandemic
In Italy alone, more than 100 priests and 154 doctors have died of the new coronavirus disease
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