Monsignor James Shea, president of the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota (left), and Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, speak at the National Catholic Prayer breakfast on Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: EWTN News Washington D.C., Feb 28, 2025 / 19:30 pm (CNA). Speakers and attendees at the 2025 National Catholic…

U.S. Vice President JD Vance waves to the crowd at the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: EWTN News/Screenshot Washington D.C., Feb 28, 2025 / 18:15 pm (CNA). U.S. Vice President JD Vance led attendees at the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in a prayer for Pope…

Revellers gather for the 11:11 Fat Thursday (Weiberfastnacht) launch of the city’s carnival celebrations on Feb. 27, 2025, in Cologne, Germany. / Credit: Hesham Elsherif/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 28, 2025 / 17:15 pm (CNA). Here are some of the major stories of the Church around the world that you might have missed this…

A group of U.S. and Mexican bishops from dioceses along the southern border participating in the biannual Tex-Mex Border Bishops meeting this week in San Antonio. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of San Antonio CNA Staff, Feb 28, 2025 / 17:45 pm (CNA). A group of U.S. and Mexican bishops from dioceses along…

The chapel at Gemelli Hosptial in Rome bears the name and contains a relic of another pope who knew these corridors well: St. John Paul II. The Polish pontiff was hospitalized here multiple times, including after an assassination attempt in 1981. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Feb 28, 2025 / 14:58 pm (CNA). Pope…

Alcide De Gasperi delivers a speech in Bologna, Italy, in 1951. / Credit: Democrazia Cristiana, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Madrid, Spain, Feb 28, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA). The closing ceremony of the diocesan phase of the beatification process of Servant of God Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954), an Italian politician recognized as one of…