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Synodality against episcopacy?
(Photo: Pixabay) After defining , within strict limits, the infallibility of papal teaching on faith and morals, the First Vatican...
George Weigel
Apr 93 min read


Vatican releases document to mark 1,700th anniversary of First Council of Nicaea
The Council of Nicaea in 325 as depicted in a fresco by Giovanni Guerra (1544-1618), Cesare Nebbia (1534-1614) e aiuti, in Salone Sistino...
Catholic News Agency
Apr 62 min read


A Surreal Blessing: Local Parishioner Reflects on Meeting Pope Francis Two Weeks Before His Hospitalization
(Photo: Vatican Media, courtesy of Sandra Miley) Two weeks before Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, Sandra Miley, parishioner at...
André Escaleira, Jr.
Apr 23 min read


Pope St. John Paul II, Doctor of the Church?
Pope St. John Paul II celebrates Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver during World Youth Day 1993....
George Weigel
Apr 23 min read

Meet the Cardinal Who Oversees the Making of Saints
Cardinal Marcello Semeraro outlines the journey to canonization. Cardinal Marcello Semeraro discusses the canonization process —...
National Catholic Register
Mar 228 min read

Pope spending papal anniversary in hospital as pneumonia recovery continues
Crowds gather to pray the rosary for Pope Francis’ health on Feb. 27, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (Photo: Daniel...
Catholic News Agency
Mar 131 min read


Demythologizing some recent Catholic history
(Photo: MTF-GR, Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0) The National Catholic Reporter recently saw fit to mark Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s...
George Weigel
Mar 123 min read

This is Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of March
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...
Catholic News Agency
Mar 91 min read

Pope Francis: Lent is a time to accept our fragility, rekindle hope in Jesus
Cardinal Angelo De Donatis sprinkles ashes during the celebration of Mass on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at the Basilica of Santa...
Catholic News Agency
Mar 82 min read


Pope Francis asks Christians to start Lent ‘full of hope’ in the footsteps of Jesus Christ
(Photo: Unsplash) By Kristina Millare/CNA Pope Francis asked Christians on Ash Wednesday to set out in the footsteps of Jesus Christ,...
Catholic News Agency
Mar 82 min read


BREAKING: Vatican shares Pope Francis’ recorded message during rosary in St. Peter’s Square
(Video courtesy of CNA) By Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA In a prerecorded message, Pope Francis thanked those gathered for the rosary prayer...
Catholic News Agency
Mar 62 min read

Pope Francis ‘stable,’ no respiratory failure episodes Tuesday
Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 5, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (Photo: Vatican...
Catholic News Agency
Mar 41 min read

Pope Francis undergoes brochoscopies after ‘acute respiratory failure,’ Vatican says
Candles with Pope Francis’ image on them stand outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Feb. 21, 2025. (Photo: Daniel Ibañez/CNA) Pope Francis...
Catholic News Agency
Mar 31 min read

Pope Francis ventilated after ‘sudden worsening’ of respiratory condition
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...
Catholic News Agency
Feb 281 min read

Pope Francis’ health ‘improving,’ Vatican says Thursday
Passersby peer into the John Paul II Chapel at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where a daily Holy Hour is among several prayer initiatives in...
Catholic News Agency
Feb 271 min read

Pope Francis shows ‘further slight improvement’ on Wednesday but prognosis still ‘reserved’
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...
Catholic News Agency
Feb 261 min read


Vatican says Pope Francis shows ‘slight improvement’ on 11th day in hospital
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...
Catholic News Agency
Feb 242 min read

PHOTOS: Pope Francis receives get-well cards, drawings from schoolchildren in Rome
Get-well cards from schoolchildren to Pope Francis are seen at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025 | (Photo: ACI Stampa) By Daniel...
Catholic News Agency
Feb 242 min read

Daily rosary for pope’s health to begin in St. Peter’s Square
A candlelight Stations of the Cross in St. Peter’s Square on Good Friday 2021. (Photo: Vatican Media) By AC Wimmer/CNA The Vatican...
Catholic News Agency
Feb 242 min read


Pope Francis’ condition ‘remains critical,’ Vatican says Sunday afternoon
A makeshift shrine with devotional candles, flowers, and images of Pope Francis appears outside Rome's Gemelli hospital on Feb. 22, 2025...
Catholic News Agency
Feb 231 min read
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