On that occasion, with the help of the Apostolic Alms, nearly 3,000 ice creams were distributed in the city’s soup kitchens. This initiative marked the line of his following name days.
In 2019, Pope Francis gave a 20kg Easter egg of chocolate for the poor who went to the Cáritas soup kitchen in the center of Rome.
In 2020, when the covid pandemic hit the world, the Holy Father donated ten respirators to hospitals in Romania, Italy and Spain.
On another occasion, on April 23, 2021, Pope Francis went to the Paul VI Hall of the Vatican to greet the more than 600 poor who were waiting their turn to be vaccinated against covid, within the framework of the solidarity vaccination campaign carried out by the Vatican.