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Pope Francis gives the homily at Mass at the tomb of St. John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica May 18, 2020, the 100th anniversary of the late pope's birth. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Faith Vatican Dispatch
May 18, 2020
Francis celebrated the centenary Mass at the altar on the tomb of St. John Paul II. And for the first time since the national lockdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic, he celebrated in the presence of over 100 people.
Politics & Society Vatican Dispatch
May 16, 2020
Pope Francis asked the group to ‘prepare the future’ not ‘prepare for the future.’
Syrian children sit on the ground at a makeshift camp in Qatmah Feb. 17, 2020. The Sept. 27 celebration of World Day of Migrants and Refugees will emphasize people displaced within their own countries. (CNS photo/Khalil Ashawi, Reuters)
Faith Vatican Dispatch
May 15, 2020
The pope also called on people “to embrace all those who are experiencing situations of precariousness, abandonment, marginalization and rejection as a result of Covid-19.”
Jesuit Father Juan Antonio Guerrero, prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Society of Jesus)
Faith Vatican Dispatch
May 13, 2020
The Holy See, the central government of the Catholic Church, is in crisis mode as it struggles to find ways to balance its budget in these turbulent times.
Faith Vatican Dispatch
May 12, 2020
Pope Francis also called on world leaders “to invest in health care as the primary common good.”
Pope Francis prays before a sculpture of Mary and the Christ Child at the end of Mass May 7, 2020, in the chapel of his Vatican residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Faith Vatican Dispatch
May 10, 2020
Pope Francis also drew attention to Africa and recalled that 40 years ago, St. John Paul II spoke out about the plight of the people of the Sahel.
in April 2017. The Rev. Marco Tasca, who was just appointed archbishop of Genoa on May 8, is second from the right. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano) 
Faith Vatican Dispatch
May 09, 2020
“I am a friar and I remain a friar,” the Rev. Marco Tasca told his fellow Franciscans.
Faith Vatican Dispatch
May 07, 2020
Italian Catholics will be able to attend Mass in public beginning on May 18, provided certain norms are respected.
Displaced Syrian children are seen at a camp in Idlib on April 14, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Internally displaced people, those forced to flee their homes, but who do not cross into another country, still often need protection and special assistance, including from the church, said a new Vatican document released May 5. (CNS photo/Khalil Ashawi, Reuters)
Politics & Society Vatican Dispatch
May 05, 2020
“Pope Francis gives enormous importance to the plight of the millions of forgotten men, women and children forced to migrate within their own countries and known internationally as ‘internally displaced people.’”
Faith Vatican Dispatch
May 02, 2020
The appeal calls on believers in God worldwide to hold “a day for fasting, prayers, and supplications” on May 14.