Pope Francis coronavirus

• Pope Francis criticizes people travelling to escape coronavirus lockdowns

  Speaking after his weekly noon blessing, Francis said he had read newspaper reports of people catching flights to flee government curbs and seek fun elsewhere.

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  Jan 3
• Pope leads mass with new cardinals, urges people to find good even amid coronavirus

  Pope Francis is encouraging people to try to take away something good “even from the difficult situation that the pandemic forces on us.”

  Health

  Nov 29, 2020
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• Pope Francis elevates 13 new cardinals amid coronavirus pandemic

  Pope Francis raised 13 new cardinals to the highest rank in the Catholic hierarchy on Saturday.

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  Nov 28, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Pope Francis to travel outside Rome for 1st time since February

  Pope Francis will next month visit the Italian town of Assisi, his first trip out of Rome since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country in February, and will sign a new encyclical, a spokesman for the Assisi Basilica said on Saturday.

  World

  Sep 5, 2020
• Coronavirus: Here’s what happens when a pandemic locks down a globe-trotting pope

  During the virus crisis, Francis has become a 21st century “prisoner of the Vatican,” as one of his predecessors was once known, robbed of the crowds, foreign travel and visits to the peripheries that so defined and popularized his papacy.

  World

  Aug 30, 2020
• Pope Francis dreams of post coronavirus world without inequalities

  Pope Francis is urging the faithful to use the coronavirus pandemic's ``time of trial'' to prepare for a future where inequalities are abolished and the poorest are no longer left behind.

  World

  Apr 19, 2020
• Pope Francis celebrates Easter amid coronavirus pandemic

  Pope Francis and Christians around the world marked a solitary Easter Sunday, forced to celebrate the most joyful day in the liturgical calendar amid the sorrowful reminders of the devastation wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.

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  Apr 12, 2020
• Coronavirus: Pope Francis spreads ‘message of hope’ ahead of Easter

  The vigil, which normally takes place in a church packed with about 10,000 people, was attended by only about two dozen, including a few altar servers and a smaller-than-usual choir.

  World

  Apr 11, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Pope Francis holds Good Friday service in empty St. Peter’s Square

  It marked the first time the procession, commemorating the last hours in Jesus' life, was not held at Rome's ancient Colosseum since the modern-day tradition was re-introduced by Pope Paul VI in 1964.

  World

  Apr 10, 2020