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Left: Banners at Rome's Gemelli University Hospital. Right: Pope Francis waves from a wheelchair, Feb. 13, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNAVatican City, Feb 19, 2025 / 14:20 pm (CNA).Pope Francis' health condition has remained stable as he continues a stay in the hospital, though recent bloodwork showed a "slight improvement," the Vatican said on Wednesday afternoon.According to the Feb. 19 communication, medical staff found the pope's blood tests to show less inflammatory markers. They said his clinical condition is "stationary."The 88-year-old Francis, who has been receiving treatment for a polymicrobial respiratory infection at Gemelli Hospital since Friday, received an additional diagnosis of double pneumonia on Feb. 18.The Vatican said on Wednesday that Pope Francis had breakfast, read a few newspapers, and did some work with the help of his secretaries. Before lunch, the pontiff received the Eucharist, and in the afternoon he was visited by Italian President Giorgia Melo...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks after being sworn in as Department of Health and Human Services secretary on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 19, 2025 / 14:50 pm (CNA).Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reiterated that he plans to investigate safety concerns related to the abortion pill mifepristone during an interview on Fox News last week.Kennedy, who was narrowly confirmed by the Senate on Thursday, told Fox News host Laura Ingraham that President Donald Trump has directed him to study the drug. He also criticized the lack of reporting requirements for nonfatal injuries caused by taking the abortion pill."What [Trump has] asked me to do is study the … safety signals, and I think that that's worth doing," Kennedy said on "The Ingraham Angle" on Thursday.Kennedy also criticized the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for not r...
David (Michael Iskander) in Season 1 of "House of David." / Credit: Jonathan Prime/PrimeCNA Staff, Feb 19, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).A new series telling the story of King David, one of the best-known kings of Israel, will be released on Prime Video on Feb. 27. "House of David" depicts David's rise from shepherd boy to king after King Saul falls victim to his own pride and the prophet Samuel has no choice but to anoint a new king. The new historical drama series was created by Jon Erwin, known for films like "Jesus Revolution," "I Still Believe," and "I Can Only Imagine." He also served as a writer and director alongside Jon Gunn, who directed "The Case for Christ" and "Ordinary Angels." "House of David" is Erwin's latest project produced by his independent studio, The Wonder Project, which caters to faith-based and values-oriented audiences.David (Michael Iskander) in the first season of "House of David." Credit: Jonathan Prime/Prime"'House of David,' for me, began when I was...
A statue of St. John Paul II holding a crucifix stands outside Rome's Gemelli University Hospital. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNAVatican City, Feb 19, 2025 / 03:05 am (CNA).Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis, the Vatican said.Follow here for the latest news on Pope Francis' health and hospitalization:
null / Credit: Inna Dodor/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 18, 2025 / 18:05 pm (CNA).President Donald Trump frustrated pro-life activists Tuesday afternoon with an executive order that directs the United States Domestic Policy Council to examine ways to lower costs for in vitro fertilization (IVF) and expand access to the procedure."I've been saying we're going to do what we have to do," Trump said in a news conference after signing the order. "I think the women and families [and] husbands are very appreciative of it."White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a post on X that the order "directs policy recommendations to protect IVF access and aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for such treatments."The executive order instructs the council to provide the president with a list of policy recommendations within the next 90 days. The move to expand access to IVF and lower its costs fulfills one of Trump's campaign promises&nbs...
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, on the Vatican's new document on Marian apparitions. / Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN NewsCNA Newsroom, Feb 18, 2025 / 09:50 am (CNA).The Vatican's doctrine chief delivered a pointed critique of gender ideology at a theological conference in Germany on Monday.Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, addressed scholars at the Cologne School of Catholic Theology (KHKT) about gender ideology's "claim to omnipotence."Speaking via video link in German, the cardinal rejected the notion that gender and bodily identity could be subject to radical change based on individual wishes and claims to freedom. Transgender surgery, he argued, goes beyond mere external changes like cosmetic surgery, as it involves "the claim to a change of identity, to the desire to be a different person."Fe...
Concert at the Santa Maria dell'Olivo convent in Maciano, Italy, in July 2024. / Credit: Courtesy of Amici della Nave AssociationRome Newsroom, Feb 17, 2025 / 11:05 am (CNA).Pope Francis received heartfelt letters from inmates at Milan's San Vittore prison after his hospitalization forced the cancellation of a planned meeting where the prisoners were to perform in a special concert.The Holy Father knows well that judicial sentences are served behind bars and, above all, in the heart. That's where he intended to enter this Monday, Feb. 17, when he was scheduled to meet with a group of inmates from San Vittore prison at Rome's historic Cinecittà studios.However, the event was canceled following his hospitalization at Rome's Gemelli Hospital."It was difficult for them to accept because it also represented an opportunity to get out into the fresh air, see sunlight, and breathe freedom for a few hours," explained Eliana Onofrio, president of the Amici della Nave association.Sin...
Crowds at a town hall meeting on immigration in Los Angeles, January 2014. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Victor Aleman/vida-nueva.comLondon, England, Feb 17, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).The U.K. government is "choosing criminalization over compassion and protection" with its new asylum and immigration bill, according to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.The Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill is currently making its way through the U.K. Parliament and passed its second reading on Feb. 10. It comes as asylum and immigration have been highlighted as key priorities by both the current Labor government, elected in July 2024, and the previous Conservative government. Government statistics showed that, in 2024, 36,816 migrants arrived in the U.K. on 695 small boats, compared with 2018 when 300 people arrived on boats. Both Labor and Conservative administrations have advocated stringent measures to counter immigration. The new bill stipulates automatic ...
Pope Francis is hugged by a young visitor at his general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Feb 17, 2025 / 07:25 am (CNA).Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis, the Vatican said.Follow here for the latest news on Pope Francis' health and hospitalization:
Notorious former international pickpocket Víctor Sono Neira. / Credit: Diego López Marina/ACI PrensaLima Newsroom, Feb 16, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA).Víctor Sono Neira spent years trapped in addiction and crime as an international pickpocket. In a radical change of heart, he chose to live on the streets of Lima, Peru's historic downtown in search of redemption. A devotee of the Lord of Miracles, he gave the broken pieces of his life to Jesus and today, at the age of 72, he is a living testimony to God's mercy and forgiveness."How is it possible that a man as evil, old, and criminal as I am, who committed so many sins, even taking the lives of others, was so loved by him? Why me? Who am I?" Sono wondered aloud in a recent interview with ACI Prensa, CNA's Spanish-language news partner."I have to accept God's mercy, even if it's hard for me to do. I'm stubborn, I fight with him like a son does with his father. But that is what pleases him: to see how, despite everything, I love him mor...
