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People are born to serve God, others, not profit from power, Pope says

Everyone is born to be a servant of God, yet they are also sinners, Pope Francis said.
Pope on Palm Sunday: Life, measured by love, is meant to serve others

With a small procession down the vast and empty central nave of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis began the first of a series of Holy Week liturgies ...
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, Pope prays for homeless, cites newspaper photo

During his livestreamed daily morning Mass, Pope Francis prayed that the coronavirus pandemic may awaken people's consciences ...
Flush the lies from one's heart to see God, Pope says at audience

Seeing and growing closer to God require purifying one's heart from the sins and prejudices that distort reality and blind people to God's active and real presence, Pope Francis said.
As people are ordered to stay home, Pope calls for help for homeless

As national and local governments have been issuing stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Pope Francis asked people to ...
Pope offers Mass for those living in fear of pandemic

Pope Francis offered his daily morning Mass for those who find themselves living in fear of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world.
Update: Vatican confirms Pope does not have COVID-19

Neither Pope Francis nor any of his closest collaborators have the COVID-19 virus, said Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office.
Priority on economy over people may lead to 'viral genocide,' Pope warns

Countries fighting the coronavirus pandemic could face deadly consequences if they focus on protecting their economies more than their own people, Pope Francis said.
Read Pope Francis’ ‘Urbi et Orbi’ address

When evening had come” (Mk 4:35). The Gospel passage we have just heard begins like this. For weeks now it has been evening.
COVID-19 is not God's judgment, but a call to live differently, Pope says

The worldwide coronavirus pandemic is not God's judgment on humanity, but God's call on people to judge what is most important to them ...
Pope pays tribute to women religious caring for the sick

Pope Francis celebrated Mass for the feast of the Annunciation and paid tribute to women religious, especially those caring for the sick during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pope, Christian leaders around the globe join in prayer for pandemic's end

Joined by Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant Church leaders and faithful from around the world, Pope Francis led the recitation of the Lord's Prayer, imploring God's mercy on humanity amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Complaining, inertia are seeds of the devil, Pope says

Many Christians are caught in a trap of complaining about everything and doing nothing about it, Pope Francis said in his morning Mass.
'Every man for himself' is not a solution to pandemic, Pope says

As more and more countries start to feel the economic pinch due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis urged business leaders to seek solutions that will not hurt employees and their families.
A united humanity will rise from pandemic-stricken world, Pope says

As more countries continue to lockdown and isolate to stem the spread of the coronavirus, "we can only get out of this situation together as a whole humanity," Pope Francis said.
If you can't go to confession, take your sorrow directly to God

People who cannot get to confession because of the coronavirus lockdown or another serious reason can go to God directly, ...
Pandemic can be time to rediscover love, kindness, Pope says

People must use this time of the coronavirus pandemic to rediscover the importance of small, concrete gestures of care toward other ...
Pope calls for worldwide Rosary prayer for protection of families

Pope Francis is inviting faithful across the world to join in praying the Rosary Thursday, March 19, the Feast of St. Joseph.
Pope prays for coronavirus victims, workers who died serving others

Pope Francis asked people to pray for all victims of COVID-19, including the health care workers who sacrificed their lives caring for others.
As lockdown continues, Pope prays for lonely elderly

As Italy entered its second week of lockdown, Pope Francis urged Christians to remember the elderly who are suffering ...
Pope makes mini-pilgrimage outside Vatican to pray for end of pandemic

With Italy on lockdown and Rome streets almost deserted, Pope Francis left the Vatican March 15 in a mini-pilgrimage to an icon and to a crucifix associated with miraculous interventions to save the city and its people.
Pope prays family relationships thrive while stuck at home during coronavirus

Pope Francis is praying for families who are cooped up in their homes and for all those who are ill with COVID-19.
Governments need prayers to make hard decisions for common good

Pope Francis asked people to pray for government officials and leaders who are tasked with making critical decisions ...
Christ's Gospel can satisfy hunger, thirst for justice, Pope says

Amid a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus epidemic, Pope Francis soldiered on with his weekly general audience ...
At Mass, Pope offers special prayers for prisoners isolated by coronavirus

Pope Francis dedicated his third livestreamed morning Mass to prisoners suffering because ...

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