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As pope remains in hospital, Vatican announces schedule changes
Television cameras are lined up behind homemade signs “reserving” space for various news outlets on a hillside at Rome’s Gemelli...
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Pope diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia
A get-well card for Pope Francis is set among flowers and votive candles at the base of a statue of...
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Vatican doctrine chief warns against ‘claim to omnipotence’ of gender ideology
By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Feb 18, 2025 / 09:50 am The Vatican’s doctrine chief delivered a pointed critique of...
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Second Knights of Columbus novena for Ukraine urges prayers “for hope” for the country
A Knight of Columbus holds a votive candle in the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in...
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Using food truck to help LA fire victims “round one,” says priest
Capuchin Franciscan Father Christopher Iwancio stands with volunteers beside the “Capuchin Family Kitchen” food truck outside the Pasadena Convention Center...
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Church expresses solidarity with victims’ families, demands answers after Guatemala bus crash
People make their way to a cemetery Feb. 11, 2025, in Santo Domingo Los Ocotes, Guatemala, carrying the casket of...
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New UK immigration bill ‘punishes’ refugees, say Catholic bishops and Jesuit Refugee Service
By Andy Drozdziak London, England, Feb 17, 2025 / 07:00 am The U.K. government is “choosing criminalization over compassion and...
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Tuscan bishop laments passage of VAD law in Italy, calls it a “defeat for everyone”
Brunelleschi’s Dome and Giotto’s Campanile of the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Flower are seen April 15, 2024, from...
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Vicar general of Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts, named bishop of Norwich, Connecticut
On Feb. 12, 2025, Pope Francis has named Msgr. Richard F. Reidy, vicar general and moderator of the curia of...
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Nearly 1.5 million have already crossed the Holy Door of St Peter’s
From 24 December to 7 February, almost 1.5 million pilgrims crossed the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica. Approximately 1,300,000....
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