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Father Gabriel Romanelli, pastor of Holy Family Parish in Gaza, leads Eucharistic adoration at the parish in December 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Gabriel Romanelli Vatican City, Feb 26, 2025 / 15:35 pm (CNA). Father Gabriel Romanel... [...] ---   Father Gabriel [...]

Image of Dr. José Gregorio Hernández. / Credit: Venezuela Bishops’ Conference ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 25, 2025 / 16:50 pm (CNA). Although he remains in critical condition in Gemelli Hospital, Pope Francis continues to work. On Monday evening, aft... [...] ---   Image of [...]

Pope Francis had a restful 12th night at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where he was admitted Feb. 14 for bronchitis treatment, Holy See’s Press Office told journalists, according to Vatican News. The pontiff is resting, the article said. In [...]

Father Emil Kapaun celebrates Mass using the hood of a Jeep as his altar on Oct. 7, 1950. / Credit: Public domain Vatican City, Feb 25, 2025 / 12:15 pm (CNA). Renowned Korean War military chaplain and Kansas native Emil Joseph [...]

Pope Francis showed some improvement in his condition on Feb. 24 and was able to rest well during the night of Feb. 24 to 25, the Holy See Press Office reported, according to Vatican News. The pope, who entered Rome’s [...]

At left, funeral of Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win (pictured at right), martyred in Myanmar on Feb. 14, 2025. / Credit: Archdiocese of Mandalay ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 25, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Two women who witnessed the murder [...]

Vatican News reported the morning of Feb. 24, local time, that Pope Francis, who is receiving care for double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, “had a restful tenth night at the hospital.” “The night went well; the Pope slept [...]

NOTE: The Catholic Thing is closely monitoring and will update news about the Holy Father’s condition. Yesterday, Pope Francis was conscious but still receiving supplemental oxygen. On Saturday, he suffered The post Pope Francis is conscious and receiving supplemental oxygen [...]

EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo interviews Father Tad Pacholczyk, senior ethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center, about the moral concerns inherent in IVF on Feb. 20, 2025.  / Credit: EWTN News/The World Over Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 21,... [...] ---   EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo [...]

Dr. Sergio Alfieri (right) and Dr. Luigi Carbone give a press conference at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis is hospitalized for tests and treatment for bronchitis, on Feb. 21, 2025. Alfieri said the pope asked him to [...]