Pope Francis spends peaceful second night at hospital, prays for peace at Angelus — By: Catholic News Agency

Left: Banners at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital. Right: Pope Francis waves from a wheelchair, Feb. 13, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Feb 16, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis spent a peaceful second night at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he remains under medical care for a respiratory infection, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni…

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Catholics hopeful on abortion, health policy after Kennedy’s confirmation as HHS secretary — By: Catholic News Agency

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 16, 2025 / 07:30 am (CNA). Prominent…

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Ecologists at center dedicated to St. Kateri help children integrate faith and nature — By: Catholic News Agency

A statue of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. / Credit: Saint Kateri Conservation Center CNA Staff, Feb 16, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). When Kathleen Hoenke and William Jacobs aren’t working as professional ecologists by day in their secular jobs, they’re using their backgrounds to serve the Saint Kateri Conservation Center, a national Catholic nonprofit that promotes…

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Cardinal Mendonça delivers pope’s message to artists: Be witnesses to ‘revolutionary vision of the Beatitudes’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça delivers Pope Francis’s homily at a Mass for the Jubilee of Artists in St. Peter’s Basilica, Feb. 16, 2025 / Screenshot / Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Feb 16, 2025 / 04:59 am (CNA). Powerful proclamations to painters, poets, and performers highlighted Pope Francis’s message to artists on Sunday, calling them…

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