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Crowds gather to pray the rosary for Pope Francis' health on Feb. 27, 2025, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, Mar 13, 2025 / 04:41 am (CNA).Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis. Follow here for the latest news on his health and hospitalization:
Hundreds of people gather to pray the rosary for Pope Francis' health on Thursday, March 6, 2025, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, Mar 12, 2025 / 13:20 pm (CNA).Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, reflected Tuesday on the great challenge of illness and suffering for Pope Francis as he approaches a month's hospital stay amid a series of health crises.Before leading Tuesday evening's recitation of rosary, held inside the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall, Koch drew parallels in the lives of Pope Francis and St. Peter."Truly, truly, I say to you when you were young, you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go," Koch said, citing Jn 21:18. Commenting on the Gospel account when the resurrected Jesus asked Peter, the first pope, to follow him until ...
A statue of St. John Paul II stands outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, Mar 12, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis. Follow here for the latest news on his health and hospitalization:
Family members of Oct. 7 Israeli hostages gather in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2025 / Credit: Madalaine ElhabbalWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 12, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA).Over a dozen family members of Israeli hostages shared the stories of their loved ones in Hamas captivity and asked for continued prayers during an emotional gathering that included several Christian groups in Washington D.C. on Tuesday. An intimate group of around 20 people attended the panel, including several representatives of the Philos Project, an ecumenical Christian nonprofit organization that advocates for pluralism and Israel's peaceful existence in the Middle East. Organized by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Israeli Defense Forces, the panel included family members of Oct. 7 hostages Matan Angrest, 24, Manny Godard, 73, Guy Ilouz, 26, Tamir Nimarodi, 20, Evyatar David, 24, Idan Shvtivi, 28, Rom Brasvlavski, 21, and Omri Miran, 47. "We are living for more than 1...
A Planned Parenthood facility in Indianapolis. / Credit: Jonathan Weiss/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 12, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).Two Republican senators sent a letter to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to demand answers about why the Planned Parenthood Federation of America received more than $100 million in COVID-19 relief funds, which the lawmakers allege was "unlawful."Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, the chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, who chairs the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, sent a letter to SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler to request documents and records related to Planned Parenthood's receipt of funding through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).According to the letter, Planned Parenthood affiliates received about $120 million in PPP loans in 2020 and 2021.Lawmakers have inquired about the funding for the past few years, though they reportedly did not receive t...
Cardinal Robert McElroy gives his first homily as the shepherd of the Archdiocese of Washington, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on March 11, 2025. / Credit: Patrick Ruddy/CNAWashington D.C., Mar 11, 2025 / 20:25 pm (CNA).Cardinal Robert McElroy emphasized the importance of Christian hope, mercy, and respecting human dignity in a homily in the nation's capital during his solemn installation Mass in which he assumed the role as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington. More than 100 priests, bishops, dozens of religious sisters, and hundreds of Catholic laity attended the Mass on Tuesday afternoon at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The basilica sits adjacent to the campus of The Catholic University of America in the Brookland neighborhood of the city.Cardinal Robert McElroy (seated) looks on, as Cardinal Wilton Gregory and Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States applau...
Former Philippines president Rodrigo R. Duterte has been arrested on a warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity. / Credit: Ace Morandante, Wikipedia Public DomainCNA Staff, Mar 11, 2025 / 17:15 pm (CNA).Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines who was rebuked by Catholic leaders for overseeing thousands of extrajudicial killings, has been arrested on a warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity. Duterte, 79, was detained shortly after landing at Manila's international airport on a flight from Hong Kong, NPR reported. The outspoken former mayor of the city of Davao won election to the presidency in 2016 in large part because of his pledge to be tough on crime, especially the illegal drug trade. As president, Duterte reportedly dispatched police "death squads" nationwide to carry out extrajudicial executions of suspected drug dealers and drug u...
People gather on a flooded street after a powerful storm struck the city of Bahia Blanca, 373 miles south of Argentina's capital, on March 7, 2025. / Credit: PABLO PRESTI/AFP via Getty ImagesACI Prensa Staff, Mar 11, 2025 / 13:45 pm (CNA).Pope Francis and the Catholic Church in Argentina expressed their solidarity with flood victims in the city of Bahía Blanca located in Buenos Aires province.In addition to prayers, the Catholic Church in Argentina has sent material aid to Bahía Blanca, which suffered severe flooding on Friday after 16 inches of rain fell in just a few hours. So far, 16 fatalities have been reported, more than 900 people have been evacuated, and significant damage has been reported.In a Monday telegram, Pope Francis sent a message of hope and solidarity to the hard-hit community through Archbishop Carlos Azpiroz Costa, OP, of Bahía Blanca."Saddened to learn of the natural disaster that is affecting the region of Bahía Blanca, which has [resulted in] so many vic...
Border Patrol vehicle patrols the fence of the international border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. / Credit: Sherry V Smith/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Mar 11, 2025 / 14:15 pm (CNA).Two more Catholic Charities agencies have announced layoffs in the wake of the Trump administration's 90-day federal funding freeze.Shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump issued a directive to pause foreign aid for a 90-day review as well as a domestic funding pause designed to prevent federally-funded incentives for illegal immigration. The directive has led to a freeze on federal funding for Catholic Charities programs across the U.S., most predominately affecting their migrant and refugee service programs.This week, Catholic Charities in San Diego and Fort Wayne, Indiana, cut employees amid federal funding cuts to migrant resettlement programs, according to news reports. San Diego Catholic Charities of San Diego has ceased...
null / Credit: Drop of Light/ShutterstockLondon, England, Mar 11, 2025 / 14:45 pm (CNA).Leading pro-life campaigners in England and Wales have expressed alarm following reports that Westminster's proposed "assisted dying" process might be outsourced to private companies.Following a report in The Times that the U.K. government is considering contracting out assisted death to the private sector, should it become legal, a spokesperson for Right to Life UK said the plans were "a disaster waiting to happen."Members of Parliament (MPs) voted in favor of an assisted dying bill in November 2024 at its second reading, and the bill is now under the scrutiny of a parliamentary committee, which is examining how "assisted dying" might work in England and Wales.The report in The Times stated that resorting to an arrangement with the private sector would be a means of easing pressure on the taxpayer-funded National Health Service (NHS), which has notoriously long waiting lists.However, Cather...
