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Faithful gather to pray during a Holy Hour at St. John Paul II Chapel at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis is being treated for several medical conditions. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Feb 25, 2025 / 16:20 pm (CNA). In a quiet chapel within Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, a doctor kneels before the…
U.S. Supreme Court. / Credit: PT Hamilton/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 25, 2025 / 14:35 pm (CNA). The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that condemned Oklahoma death row prisoner Richard Glossip be given a new trial amid concerns that he may have been wrongfully convicted of arranging an assassination nearly three decades ago. In a…
U.S. Vice President JD Vance addresses the 2025 International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Migi Fabara/EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 25, 2025 / 14:05 pm (CNA). Vice President JD Vance will speak at the 20th National Catholic Prayer Breakfast (NCPB) held on Friday, Feb. 28, in Washington, D.C., the organization has announced….
Father Emil Kapaun celebrates Mass using the hood of a Jeep as his altar on Oct. 7, 1950. / Credit: Public domain Vatican City, Feb 25, 2025 / 12:15 pm (CNA). Renowned Korean War military chaplain and Kansas native Emil Joseph Kapaun was declared “venerable” by Pope Francis on Tuesday. The Holy Father on Monday…
null / Credit: Andy – Rock News/Shutterstock Vatican City, Feb 25, 2025 / 12:45 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has named two secretaries-general to serve under Sister Raffaella Petrini, FSE, in the Governorate of the Vatican City State, giving the Vatican’s first woman president “the power to dispose and confer… specific competencies or particular tasks” on the appointees. The…
Pope Francis presides over Ash Wednesday Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome on Feb. 14, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Feb 25, 2025 / 10:55 am (CNA). In his message for Lent 2025, Pope Francis emphasized the importance of living one’s life as a constant journey of conversion, choosing to…
At left, funeral of Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win (pictured at right), martyred in Myanmar on Feb. 14, 2025. / Credit: Archdiocese of Mandalay ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 25, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Two women who witnessed the murder of Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win in Myanmar last week recounted how the…
null / Credit: nito/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 25, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A decade after euthanasia became legal in Canada, activists there say the political and cultural winds are shifting in favor of life — but there is still plenty of work to be done to roll back the country’s permissive assisted-dying regime. In…
Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas is apostoolic nuncio to Ukraine. / Credit: Courtesy of the nuncio Vatican City, Feb 24, 2025 / 16:05 pm (CNA). Monday, Feb. 24, marked three years of Ukrainian resistance against the Russian invasion. According to U.N. data, more than 12,600 civilians have died in the conflict, including more than 2,400 children. In…
null / Credit: Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 24, 2025 / 16:35 pm (CNA). A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government will not be permitted to conduct unrestricted arrests of suspected unauthorized immigrants at some religious sites while a lawsuit over the policy plays out in federal court. In an injunction on…
