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St. Katharine Drexel was born in 1858 to a wealthy family in Philadelphia. Throughout her life, her chief motivation was to help more souls know and love Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament to to serve Native Americans and African Americans. Mother Drexel opened mission churches and boarding schools for Black and Native American children throughout…
A Vatican flag waves over the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA Vatican City, Mar 3, 2025 / 11:50 am (CNA). Pope Francis addressed what he called a “planetary crisis” that is adversely affecting the world in multiple ways in a message Monday to the general assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life….
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 CNA Newsroom, Mar 3, 2025 / 06:44 am (CNA). Pope…
null / Credit: RasyidArt, Shutterstock. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 2, 2025 / 10:40 am (CNA). Idaho has enacted a school-choice bill that would allow parents to use public funds to send their kids to private schools, and two other Republican-controlled states are moving closer to approving similar legislation. The Idaho measure provides up to $5,000…
Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, LC. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Mar 2, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, LC, president of the Governorate of Vatican City State and president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, celebrated his 80th birthday on Saturday, March 1, marking his departure from these crucial…
Ascension’s “Set Free” Lenten program with Father Josh Johnson promises to guide listeners this Lent through daily reflections on overcoming the seven deadly sins in our lives. / Credit: Ascension CNA Staff, Mar 2, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). As Lent begins on March 5, we are reminded of the opportunity to grow in faith…
Left: Banners at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital. Right: Pope Francis waves from a wheelchair, Feb. 13, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Mar 2, 2025 / 07:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis expressed heartfelt gratitude on Sunday for the prayers and support he has received during his hospitalization while offering his own prayers for those…
Hot cross buns. / Credit: zi3000/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Mar 2, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Though many Catholics may associate the liturgical season of Lent more with the practice of fasting and abstaining from food, many families around the world use the 40-day season to prepare specific homemade delicacies to remind them of the life…
A statue of St. John Paul II is seen in front of the entrance to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Feb. 22, 2025, where Pope Francis continues to receive treatment for respiratory issues. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Mar 1, 2025 / 13:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis’ clinical condition remains stable after Friday’s bronchospasm episode…
An unknown security guard stands at the entrance of a church destroyed during the fighting with ISIS in Mosul, Iraq. / Credit: CHRIS POOK/Shutterstock ACI MENA, Mar 1, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). Marking 10 years since ISIS swept into Mosul and the towns of the Nineveh Plain, EWTN News, in collaboration with its sister…
