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Pope Francis waves from a balcony at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Sunday, March 23, 2025, following weeks of hospitalization for bilateral...

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(Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) DuPage County is one of the collar counties bordering Chicago. For years, it had the great good...

Crowds gather to pray the rosary for Pope Francis’ health on Feb. 27, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (Photo: Daniel...

(Photo: MTF-GR, Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0) The National Catholic Reporter  recently saw fit to mark Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s...

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(Photo: Unsplash) By Kristina Millare/CNA Pope Francis asked Christians on Ash Wednesday to set out in the footsteps of Jesus Christ,...

(Video courtesy of CNA) By Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA In a prerecorded message, Pope Francis thanked those gathered for the rosary prayer...

Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 5, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (Photo: Vatican...

Candles with Pope Francis’ image on them stand outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Feb. 21, 2025. (Photo: Daniel Ibañez/CNA) Pope Francis...

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Hundreds of people gathered to pray the rosary for Pope Francis’ health and recovery on Feb. 25, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the...

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Father Emil Kapaun celebrates Mass using the hood of a Jeep as his altar on Oct. 7, 1950. (Photo: Public domain) By Kristina Millare/CNA...

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...