Pope Francis continues to provide charitable support for developing countries as they struggle to deal with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
On Thursday, the Office of Papal Charities announced that it had arranged for the purchase of 38 ventilators, as well as other medical equipment, which have been sent to nine different countries around the world. The Office of Papal Charities, known by its Italian name as the Elemosyneria Apostolica, is the department of the Holy See charged with carrying out the Pope’s charitable assistance to the poor.
