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Pilgrims line up inside the St. Peter’s Basilica to see Pope Francis lying in state. / Credit: Victoria Cardiel / EWTN News Vatican City, Apr 23, 2025 / 16:51 pm (CNA). In the endless lines of pilgrims wishing to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose coffin now lies open in St. Peter’s Basilica,…
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks on the U.S. opioid crisis at the Rx and Illicit Drug Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 23, 2025. / Credit: SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 23, 2025 / 17:26 pm (CNA). The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) hosted the inaugural meeting this week of a…
Attendees at the National Catholic Educational Association 2024 Convention in Pittsburgh. / Credit: Photo courtesy of NCEA CNA Staff, Apr 22, 2025 / 10:42 am (CNA). This month in Florida, a national Catholic education group is bringing together teachers and school administrators for one of the largest private education gatherings in the nation. More than…
Stephanie Gabaud receives a blessing from Pope Francis at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City on Sept. 24, 2015. / Credit: EWTN/screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 23, 2025 / 15:51 pm (CNA). Among the people throughout the world remembering Pope Francis in a special way this week are three Americans who shared extraordinarily personal…
Long lines of mourners, many waiting more than four hours under the hot Roman sun, wound around St. Peter’s Square on the first day of viewing for Pope Francis on April 23, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Apr 23, 2025 / 14:37 pm (CNA). Thousands of Catholics said their last…
Youngsters surrounding Pope Francis in the popemobile. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 23, 2025 / 12:55 pm (CNA). Pope Francis, baptized as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, celebrated his patron saint’s feast day every April 23. The patron saint’s day of the pope is a holiday at the Vatican and Pope Francis usually celebrated…
Swiss Guards accompany the pallbearers with the wooden coffin of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on April 23, 2025, during the translatio — the solemn transfer of the pope’s body for public viewing ahead of Saturday’s funeral Mass. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 23, 2025 / 05:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis passed…
Assets sold to help pay a massive clergy sex abuse settlement in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, include the diocese’s former headquarters, pictured here, in downtown Buffalo. / Credit: Warren LeMay/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 CNA Staff, Apr 23, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). The Diocese of Buffalo, New York, will pay out a massive $150…
German bishops gather in Rome on Nov. 17, 2022. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Staff, Apr 23, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). The German Catholic bishops have published a handout that offers guidance to pastors on blessings for couples in “irregular” situations such as same-sex relationships, urging clergy to use the blessings to “express appreciation”…
Pope Francis’s body lies in state at St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Apr 23, 2025 / 12:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis was brought in solemn procession to St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning, where the late pontiff will lie in state for three days for mourners…
