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Clergy, religious, and lay faithful gather in St. Peter's Square for the nightly rosary vigil, holding candles and rosaries as they pray for Pope Francis' recovery, Feb. 28, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNAVatican City, Mar 1, 2025 / 13:50 pm (CNA).Pope Francis spent another restful night at Rome's Gemelli Hospital after being admitted on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis. Follow here for the latest news on Pope Francis' health and hospitalization:
Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, president of Franciscan University of Steubenville, speaks at the opening of the Ward and Kathy Fitzgerald Franciscan University Homeland Mission (FUHM), which officially opened Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington D.C. / Courtesy of Franciscan University of SteubenvilleCNA Newsroom, Mar 1, 2025 / 09:20 am (CNA).The Ward and Kathy Fitzgerald Franciscan University Homeland Mission (FUHM) officially opened Feb. 28 in Washington, D.C., to be "the spiritual home away from home for Franciscan students," according to Stephen Catanzarite, executive director of Franciscan University Encounter. The initiative of Franciscan University of Steubenville (FUS) seeks to "leverage the university's academic, administrative, and evangelizing resources to extend its mission and impact far beyond its Steubenville, Ohio, campus."The event at the FUHM facility was held for students, alumni, and guests to hear from speakers about the program's mission and receive a tour of the cente...
Clergy, religious, and lay faithful gather in St. Peter's Square for the nightly rosary vigil, holding candles and rosaries as they pray for Pope Francis' recovery, Feb. 28, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNAVatican City, Mar 1, 2025 / 03:15 am (CNA).Pope Francis spent another restful night at Rome's Gemelli Hospital after being admitted on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis. Follow here for the latest news on Pope Francis' health and hospitalization:
null / Credit: Zaitsava Olga/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Mar 1, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).After a public outcry this month from disability advocacy groups and constituents, a group of state attorneys general has walked back plans to push a judge to declare unconstitutional a key federal rule that protects students with disabilities from discrimination.The coalition of 17 state attorneys general, led by Texas, had in September asked a district court judge to declare unconstitutional Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which has for decades prohibited discrimination against otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities in any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. Among other things, the rule requires equal access and accommodations for people with Down syndrome in various settings where funds are coming from the federal government, such as education, employment, and health care.At issue for the attorneys general is a new provision finalized by the Bide...
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, Feb 28, 2025 / 03:15 am (CNA).Pope Francis spent another restful night at Rome's Gemelli Hospital after being admitted on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis. Follow here for the latest news on Pope Francis' health and hospitalization:
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, Feb 28, 2025 / 03:15 am (CNA).Pope Francis spent another restful night at Rome's Gemelli Hospital after being admitted on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis. Follow here for the latest news on Pope Francis' health and hospitalization:
Deir Mar Musa, also known as the Monastery of St. Moses the Abyssinian, is a centuries-old Christian monastery in al-Nabk north of Damascus, Syria. / Credit: LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty ImagesMadrid, Spain, Feb 28, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).The Trinitarian Order was established in the Middle Ages to free Christian captives held by Muslims during the Crusades. Today, in a context of "modern crusades," where Islamic fundamentalism continues to persecute Christians for their faith, the Trinitarians remain a beacon of hope for those who remain firm in their commitment to Christ."Ocho Siglos Después" ("Eight Centuries Later") is a documentary that gives a voice to this suffering and puts a face on forgotten Christians in places like Syria, Nigeria, or northern India but who are not losing hope thanks to the "silent" help offered by Trinitarian International Solidarity (SIT, by its Spanish acronym), a nongovernmental organization founded by the Trinitarian family 25 years ago.The documen...
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, pictured on June 19, 2024, introduced a $2 million program to encourage abortionists to come to his state. / Credit: PSpencer Platt/Getty ImagesCNA Staff, Feb 27, 2025 / 17:20 pm (CNA).Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.New Jersey governor to bring abortionists to stateThe New Jersey governor's new budget proposal includes $52 million to fund abortion, reproductive health, and family planning, including a $2 million incentive program designed to bring "reproductive health care providers" to the state. In his remarks for the 2026 budget on Tuesday, Gov. Phil Murphy made clear the initiative was designed to bring abortionists and others from pro-life states. He said the program would attract reproductive health care providers "targeted by politicians elsewhere." Murphy also pledged to stockpile abortion pills during his State of the State address in January.Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey&nb...
Pope Francis meets with the Spanish bishops at the Vatican on Nov. 28, 2023. / Credit: Vatican MediaMadrid, Spain, Feb 27, 2025 / 17:50 pm (CNA).The secretary-general and spokesman for the Spanish Bishops' Conference (CEE, by its Spanish acronym), Bishop Francisco César García Magán, expressed his conviction that the conditions for the resignation of Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for 14 days due to health problems, have not been met.Asked at the end of the meeting of the conference's standing committee, García explained that the resignation of the pontiff is provided for in Canon 332.2 of the Code of Canon Law, with the only requirement that "it be free and be formally expressed."García also pointed out that it is public knowledge that in 2013, the year he became pope, Francis gave the then-Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, "a signed letter with his formal resignation in case of impediment.""I signed it and told him: 'In case of impediment due to ...
Passersby peer into the John Paul II Chapel at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where a daily Holy Hour is among several prayer initiatives in the Eternal City for the health and recovery of Pope Francis. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNAVatican City, Feb 27, 2025 / 06:15 am (CNA).Pope Francis spent another restful night at Rome's Gemelli Hospital after being admitted on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis. Follow here for the latest news on Pope Francis' health and hospitalization:
