Pope Francis is hugged by a young visitor at his general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Mar 8, 2025 / 06:45 am (CNA). As Pope Francis continues to receive treatment at Rome’s [...]

Pope Francis sent a brief audio message March 6 thanking those who have been praying for him since his Feb. 14 hospitalization for bilateral pneumonia. The message, delivered in Spanish, was played for those gathered to pray the rosary [...]

The exterior of the new Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City. / Credit: Joe Holdren/EWTN News CNA Staff, Mar 6, 2025 / 16:20 pm (CNA). A Catholic charter school is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to approve the nation’s [...]

Father Sylvester Okechukwu of the Diocese of Kafanchan in Nigeria was found murdered on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. / Credit: Diocese of Kafanchan, Nigeria ACI Africa, Mar 6, 2025 / 12:45 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Kafanchan in Nigeria is [...]

Pope Francis thanked Catholics for their prayers for him as his condition remains 'stable' Thursday, according to the newest medical report. Doctors are not expected to update journalists again until Saturday. --- News Pope Francis thanked Catholics for their prayers for him [...]

Cardinal Arthur Roche, a leading enforcer of Pope Francis’ restrictions on the Latin Mass, has said there is ‘nothing wrong’ with the traditional liturgy but insists the Church deliberately moved ‘away from’ it for ‘very good reasons.’ --- VATICAN CITY [...]