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Pope Francis sends message to the street paper network: “The coronavirus pandemic has made your work difficult, but I am sure you will return stronger than ever”

In a personal message to the street paper network – expressing his solidarity with its journalists, its frontline staff, its volunteers and its vendors – Pope Francis hails the work being done by street papers to help “the vulnerable and invisible” in the testing circumstances created by COVID-19.

INSP Awards: Special News Service Award Winner Revealed!

Ahead of next week’s awards ceremony, we are delighted to reveal who has scooped the INSP Special News Service Award.

Pope Francis tells street papers it’s “always right to give help” to homeless

A year and a half after he first spoke to street papers, the Holy Father met Scarp de’ tenis vendor Antonio Mininni and the paper’s editor Stefano Lampertico.