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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 Vatican City, Feb 28, 2025 / 14:58 pm (CNA). Pope…

Alcide De Gasperi delivers a speech in Bologna, Italy, in 1951. / Credit: Democrazia Cristiana, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Madrid, Spain, Feb 28, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA). The closing ceremony of the diocesan phase of the beatification process of Servant of God Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954), an Italian politician recognized as one of…

null / Credi: cinemavision/Shutterstock Vatican City, Feb 28, 2025 / 12:50 pm (CNA). The Vatican’s department for the interpretation of Church law has advised against publishing accusations damaging to someone’s reputation, such as abuse accusations, without legitimate and proportional reasons, especially if the person is deceased and therefore cannot defend his or her good name. In a recently published letter, the Dicastery…

null / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Feb 28, 2025 / 13:20 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Friday urged liturgists to accompany bishops and the faithful communities of their dioceses with humility and discretion. In a Feb. 28 message sent from Gemelli Hospital to liturgy professors and students of the Anselmianum — a pontifical university…

Pope Francis speaks on the phone during the weekly general audience at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on May 17, 2023. The Holy Father has called a Holy Family Catholic Parish in Gaza almost every evening since Oct. 9, 2023. / Credit: ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Feb 28, 2025 / 12:20…