Pope Francis, weakened by ‘a bit of a cold,’ has aide read reflection before hospital visit — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his Wednesday general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican on Feb. 28, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Feb 28, 2024 / 07:44 am (CNA). Pope Francis, still visibly suffering from a “cold,” visited a Rome hospital for diagnostic tests on Wednesday following his weekly…

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Bishop who participated in Freemasonry event affirms its incompatibility with Catholicism — By: Catholic News Agency

The president of the Pontifical Academy of Theology, Bishop Antonio Staglianò, affirms that Freemasonry is incompatible with Catholicism. / Credit: Public Domain ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 27, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The president of the Pontifical Academy of Theology, Bishop Antonio Staglianò, has reiterated the incompatibility of Catholics belonging to the Masons days after…

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Cardinal Burke promotes 9-month novena to pray for the Church amid ‘forces of sin’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke during the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, June 29, 2019. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Staff, Feb 27, 2024 / 13:38 pm (CNA). Cardinal Raymond Burke this week invited Catholics to join in praying a nine-month novena seeking Mary’s intercession beginning on March…

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PHOTOS: Restoration of Bernini’s baldacchino begins in St. Peter’s Basilica — By: Catholic News Agency

Workers at the baldacchino in St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez Rome Newsroom, Feb 27, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). Restoration work has begun on the baldacchino over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Workers will scale the scaffolding surrounding the 92-feet-high canopy each day to meticulously clean…

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