Archbishop credits Cardinal Pell’s intercession for miraculous survival of Arizona toddler — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal George Pell. / Credit: Alexey Gotovskiy/CNA Rome Newsroom, Mar 28, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney this week credited the apparently miraculous survival of an Arizona toddler to the intercession of Cardinal George Pell. According to the newspaper The Australian, Fisher said at a book event on March 26 that…

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European bishops’ secretary-general: Secularization is eclipsing Christian values — By: Catholic News Agency

The flag of the European Union flying in Rome. / Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 28, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). The bishops of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) held their spring assembly this week in Italy, a meeting in which they considered the European Union’s vocation…

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Texas Catholic Charities will drop lawsuit against federal government as payments resume — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: sebra/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 28, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). A Texas Catholic charity group that sued the federal government this month over budget cuts says it will drop its lawsuit as payments from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) resume.  Catholic Charities Fort Worth sued the agency at…

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Pope’s recovery progresses as Vatican appoints new librarian, Polish president visits — By: Catholic News Agency

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin (right) meets with Polish President Andrzej Duda on March 28, 2025, at the Vatican.  / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Mar 28, 2025 / 09:40 am (CNA). Pope Francis continues to show gradual improvement as he recovers from bilateral pneumonia at his residence in Casa Santa Marta, according…

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Catholic population in Germany drops below 20 million for the first time — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Hedwig Cathedral in Berlin, Germany. / Credit: Cedric BLN via Wikimedia Commons (public domain). CNA Deutsch, Mar 28, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). For the first time, fewer than 20 million Catholics live in Germany, according to the 2024 Church statistics published by the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) on Thursday, March 27. Although the…

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Jonathan Roumie discusses Season 5 of ‘The Chosen’: ‘For me, it was living out liturgy’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie, known for his role as Jesus Christ in “The Chosen,” speaks with CNA during a press junket interview on March 19, 2025, in Dallas at the Season 5 premiere of “The Chosen: Last Supper.” / Credit: EWTN screenshot/Francesca Fenton/CNA CNA Staff, Mar 28, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Season 5 of…

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Pope Francis’ pandemic prayer 5 years later: ‘Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis gives an extraordianry urbi et orbi blessing in St. Peter’s Square, March 27, 2020. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 27, 2025 / 19:00 pm (CNA). Pope Francis’ historic “Statio Orbis” blessing during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic remains relevant for the Church as it did five years ago. Before an…

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Vatican publishes Holy Week schedule without clarifying whether Pope Francis will preside — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis presides at Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican on March 24, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 27, 2025 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The Vatican has published the official calendar of liturgical celebrations planned for Holy Week, but it has not clarified whether Pope Francis will preside. The pontiff was discharged…

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