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Cardinal Marcello Semeraro outlines the journey to canonization. Cardinal Marcello Semeraro discusses the canonization process —...

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...

Pope Francis prays during Mass on the solemnity of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. (Photo: Vatican...

Cardinal Angelo De Donatis sprinkles ashes during the celebration of Mass on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at the Basilica of Santa...

(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...

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...

Passersby peer into the John Paul II Chapel at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where a daily Holy Hour is among several prayer initiatives in...

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...

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...

Get-well cards from schoolchildren to Pope Francis are seen at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025 | (Photo: ACI Stampa) By Daniel...

A candlelight Stations of the Cross in St. Peter’s Square on Good Friday 2021. (Photo: Vatican Media) By AC Wimmer/CNA The Vatican...

A makeshift shrine with devotional candles, flowers, and images of Pope Francis appears outside Rome's Gemelli hospital on Feb. 22, 2025...

Pope Francis prays during his general audience on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media...

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square, Oct. 5, 2016. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA By Kristina Millare/CNA As Pope...

Left: Banners at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital. Right: Pope Francis waves from a wheelchair, Feb. 13, 2025. | Credit: Daniel...

Left: Banners at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital. Right: Pope Francis waves from a wheelchair, Feb. 13, 2025. | Credit: Daniel...