April 29, 2020 Pope urges coronavirus lockdown obedience amid church-state debate Pope Francis entered a heated church-state debate Tuesday night calling for "prudence and obedience" amid the coronavirus limits on Mass and other religious services.
April 27, 2020 Pope asks faithful to add these two prayers to the end of the rosary Pope Francis is asking Catholics all around the world to join him in praying the rosary, along with two prayers, to be "united" and "overcome" the coronavirus pandemic together.
April 19, 2020 Pope Francis: Amid coronavirus trials, 'we must not let hope abandon us' Hope never disappoints. Optimism disappoints, but hope does not.
April 16, 2020 Cardinal Dolan shares Pope Francis' message for coronavirus-ravaged NYC Timothy Cardinal Dolan, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, joined "The Story" Thursday night to share a message from Pope Francis to the people of New York, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic.
April 15, 2020 Pope Francis calls NY Cardinal Dolan, says New Yorkers are in his prayers Pope Francis has a special message for New Yorkers as the city and state are the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
April 12, 2020 Pope celebrates joy of Easter amid sorrow of virus, alone Pope Francis and Catholics around the world marked a solitary Easter Sunday, forced to celebrate the most joyful day in the Christian calendar amid the sorrowful reminders of the devastation wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.
April 9, 2020 Pope calls coronavirus health workers, priests 'saints next door' Pope Francis praised priests and those on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic as "the saints next door" during a Thursday mass at an empty St. Peter's Basilica.
April 9, 2020 Pope says coronavirus could be ‘nature’s response’ to climate change Pope Francis likened the coronavirus pandemic to recent fires and floods as one of “nature’s responses” to the world’s ambivalence to climate change.
April 5, 2020 Pope Francis celebrates Palm Sunday without public in St. Peter's Pope Francis is celebrating Palm Sunday Mass without the public, since the traditional ceremony in St. Peter’s Square was scrapped because of the coronavirus pandemic.
March 27, 2020 Pope Francis, in desolate St. Peter's Square, prays for end to coronavirus Pope Francis prayed for an end to the coronavirus pandemic on Friday in front of an empty St. Peter's Square, as Italy continues to remain one of the most impacted regions in the world.