First Venezuelan saint: Pope Francis approves canonization of Dr. José Gregorio Hernández — By: Catholic News Agency

Image of Dr. José Gregorio Hernández. / Credit: Venezuela Bishops’ Conference ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 25, 2025 / 16:50 pm (CNA). Although he remains in critical condition in Gemelli Hospital, Pope Francis continues to work. On Monday evening, after the doctors reported a “slight improvement,” the pontiff received at the hospital the Vatican secretary of…

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Supreme Court won’t hear appeal on Tennessee law banning drag shows — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Wolfgang Schaller|Shutterstock. CNA Staff, Feb 25, 2025 / 17:20 pm (CNA). The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to a Tennessee law restricting drag performances when children are present. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied the petition to hear an appeal on the ruling, which was filed by an LGBTQ+ theater company in…

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Supreme Court overturns Oklahoma death row inmate’s murder conviction, grants new trial — By: Catholic News Agency

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…

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