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A Look Back on the Missionary Disciple, Pope Francis
Pope Francis at the General Audience in St. Peter's Square, Oct. 5, 2016. (Photo: Daniel Ibañez/CNA) As we grieve the loss of our Holy...
Tanner Kalina
Apr 23, 20256 min read
Retrospect on a pontificate
Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 5, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (Photo: Vatican...
George Weigel
Apr 23, 20254 min read
WATCH | Local Parishioner Present for the Moment the Bells Tolled in Rome, Announcing Pope Francis' Death
(Video courtesy of Mary Krolicki) As the news of Pope Francis' death made its way around the world on Monday, April 21, a wave of grief...
André Escaleira, Jr.
Apr 22, 20252 min read
Pope Francis to be buried at St. Mary Major Basilica following Saturday funeral
The body of Pope Francis lies in state at the Vatican's Domus Sanctae Marthae chapel, surrounded by Swiss Guards, cardinals, and Vatican...
Catholic News Agency
Apr 22, 20252 min read
Pope Francis has died. What happens now?
Candles with Pope Francis’ image on them stand outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Feb. 21, 2025. (Photo: Daniel Ibañez/CNA) The Vatican...
André Escaleira, Jr.
Apr 21, 20255 min read
Pope Francis has died: From Simple Pastor to Reforming Pontiff to 'House of the Father'
Images of Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila and Pope Francis during a visit to Rome with the Papal Foundation in 2024. (Photo: Vatican Media)...
Roxanne King
Apr 21, 202512 min read
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 9, 20253 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 6, 20252 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 2, 20253 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 2, 20253 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 22, 20258 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 13, 20251 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 12, 20253 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 9, 20251 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 8, 20252 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 8, 20252 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 6, 20252 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 4, 20251 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 3, 20251 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 28, 20251 min read
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