Covid-19: Pope Francis continues
his gestures of closeness
Pope Francis supports efforts against Covid-19 with a
donation to the World Food Programme.
By Vatican News
Pope Francis, continuing his many gestures of closeness in
recent times amid the Covid-19 crisis, has donated 25,000 Euros to the
World Food Programme (WFP).
Announcing the Pope’s donation on Friday, the Dicastery for
the Promotion of Integral Human Development said in a statement that it is “an
immediate expression of the Holy Father’s closeness” to people affected by the
pandemic and those "engaged in essential services in favour of the
poor."
The Holy Father made this donation through the Dicastery in
collaboration with the Holy See’s Permanent Representative to the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
The recent donation is also “a paternal gesture of
encouragement” to the WFP and to other countries that provide support for
integral development which “combat social instability, food insecurity, growing
unemployment and the collapse of the economic systems of vulnerable
nations."
Pope Francis has continually lent his support to the fight
against Covid-19. He recently donated 35 ventilators to support countries
hard-hit by the crisis, especially those with poor health systems. Other
monetary donations he has made specifically during the covid-19 crisis amount
to almost 2 million Euros.
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