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null / Credit: Yury Dmitrienko/Shutterstock Vatican City, Feb 26, 2025 / 13:05 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday asked Catholics to have the wisdom to look for the presence of God in our midst like the elderly Simeon and Anna in the New Testament. In his second catechesis since being admitted into Rome’s Gemelli Hospital nearly two…
null / Credit: HoneySkies/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 26, 2025 / 13:35 pm (CNA). A 20-year-long decline in the number of Americans who identify as Christian may be “leveling off,” according to data released on Wednesday by Pew Research Center. Pew said its most recent Religious Landscape Study showed 62% of U.S. adults identifying as Christian, a number that has been “relatively…
The interior of St. Alphonsus Liguori “Rock” Catholic Church in St. Louis. / Courtesy of Shannon Horstmann St. Louis, Mo., Feb 26, 2025 / 12:05 pm (CNA). A parish church in St. Louis that primarily serves the African American community was announced Feb. 24 as a recipient of a preservation grant to support the restoration…
Pilgrims gather in St. Peter’s Square for a Mass and canonization of 14 new saints on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Staff, Feb 26, 2025 / 11:10 am (CNA). Pope Francis entered the hospital for treatment of bronchitis on Feb. 14. Almost two weeks later, doctors say the pope — who…
Window at the top of the south façade of the Cathedral in Seville, Spain,. / Credit: o_andras/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International via Wikimedia Commons Madrid, Spain, Feb 26, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Observatory for Religious Freedom and Conscience (OLRC, by its Spanish acronym) is calling on Spain’s Ministry of the Interior to…
null / Credit: sfam_photo/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 26, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Assisted suicide legislation has been introduced in several states this year, with some bills gaining traction in efforts to legalize the practice and expand its availability. According to Tim Millea, chairman of the board of the Catholic Medical Association, the three…
Vancouver Archbishop J.. Michael Miller, left, watches as Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith places the mitre on Father Gary Franken at his ordination as bishop of St. Paul, Alberta, Canada, in December 2022. Archbishop Smith has been appointed the next archbishop of Vancouver after Pope Francis accepted Archbishop Miller’s retirement. / Credit: Prithi Spoeth Vancouver, Canada,…
Image of Dr. José Gregorio Hernández. / Credit: Venezuela Bishops’ Conference ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 25, 2025 / 16:50 pm (CNA). Although he remains in critical condition in Gemelli Hospital, Pope Francis continues to work. On Monday evening, after the doctors reported a “slight improvement,” the pontiff received at the hospital the Vatican secretary of…
null / Credit: Wolfgang Schaller|Shutterstock. CNA Staff, Feb 25, 2025 / 17:20 pm (CNA). The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to a Tennessee law restricting drag performances when children are present. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied the petition to hear an appeal on the ruling, which was filed by an LGBTQ+ theater company in…
A faithful holds a rosary while touching an image of Pope Francis during prayers for the pontiff’s recovery at Gemelli hospital on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Feb 25, 2025 / 15:50 pm (CNA). Pope Francis continues to be in a serious but stable condition as he concludes his 12th…
