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Marking the 12th anniversary of his election, Pope Francis completed his 27th full day in Rome's Gemelli hospital. Given the improvements in his condition, there is no medical bulletin anticipated for Thursday. --- News Marking the 12th anniversary of his election, Pope [...]

St. John Paul II at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 21, 1981. / Credit: L’Osservatore Romano Washington D.C., Mar 13, 2025 / 08:55 am (CNA). According to St. John Paul II’s official biographer, George Weigel, living in [...]

Hundreds of people gather to pray the rosary for Pope Francis’ health on Thursday, March 6, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Mar 12, 2025 / 13:20 pm (CNA). Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect [...]

The newly-installed archbishop of Washington, D.C., Cardinal Robert McElroy, has strongly pushed for giving Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians, repeatedly attacked Catholic doctrine on sexuality, promoted LGBT activists, and encouraged ‘ordination’ of women, among other things. --- WASHINGTON, D.C. [...]

A chest X-ray performed Tuesday shows that Pope Francis is indeed improving, according to information issued by his doctors Wednesday evening. Pope Francis has now been in the hospital for 26 days. --- News A chest X-ray performed Tuesday shows that Pope [...]

The National Catholic Reporter recently saw fit to mark Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s 75th birthday by perpetuating two myths—falsehoods, really—about events in contemporary Church history in which the cardinal was involved. As it happens, I was, too. So I’m [...] --- Cardinal Timothy Dolan of [...]

Filipino Catholic leaders hailed the arrest of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte as he faced a complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the killing of thousands of Filipinos in his war on drugs. --- MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Catholic [...]

Notorious alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik was recently approached by a journalist at a Rome airport who questioned him about accusations he sexually abused over 40 adult women over a span of decades. --- ROME – Notorious alleged abuser Father Marko [...]

Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of Most Holy Mary of Guadalajara after the International Women’s Day march on March 8, 2025. / Credit: Archdiocese of Guadalajara ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 11, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA). During marches held March 8 [...]

People gather on a flooded street after a powerful storm struck the city of Bahia Blanca, 373 miles south of Argentina’s capital, on March 7, 2025. / Credit: PABLO PRESTI/AFP via Getty Images ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 11, 2025 / [...]