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Pope Francis back home after 5-week hospital stay for life-threatening...
Francis' motorcade from Gemelli hospital overshot the Vatican initially and took a detour across town to stop at St. Mary Major basilica, where the...
Pope hails priests, health workers as 'the saints next door'
10 April 2020 7:24 AM ISTFrancis celebrated the Holy Week evening Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, which was kept off-limits to the public because of restrictions aimed at...
Pope urges world to unite to face pandemic
13 April 2020 1:03 PM ISTPope Francis dedicated his Easter Sunday message to everyone affected by the coronavirus pandemic saying "the whole world is suffering and must be...
What happens when pandemic locks down a globe-trotting pope?
30 Aug 2020 2:07 PM ISTOn the March day that Italy recorded its single biggest jump in coronavirus fatalities, Pope Francis emerged from lockdown to offer an extraordinary...
Pope: Gossiping is "plague worse than COVID"
6 Sept 2020 5:17 PM ISTPope Francis said Sunday that gossiping is a "plague worse than COVID" that is seeking to divide the Catholic Church. Francis strayed from his...
Pope in 1st post-lockdown outing goes to Assisi to sign text
3 Oct 2020 9:34 PM ISTPope Francis travelled to the tomb of his nature-loving namesake and signed an encyclical Saturday laying out his vision of a post-COVID world built...
Pope installs new cardinals, including first African-American
29 Nov 2020 1:07 PM ISTThe cardinals were installed in a ceremony, known as a consistory, that was markedly slimmed down because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pope: Christmas a sign of hope amid difficulties of pandemic
6 Dec 2020 7:41 PM ISTPope Francis says the Christmas season provides reason for hope amid the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic.