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The first photo of Pope Francis since he entered Gemelli Hospital on February 14, 2025. / Credit: Holy See Press OfficeVatican City, Mar 16, 2025 / 15:31 pm (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:First photo of Pope Francis since entering hospitalThe Vatican has shared the first photo of Pope Francis since he entered the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on February 14."This morning, Pope Francis concelebrated Holy Mass in the chapel of the tenth-floor apartment at the Gemelli Polyclinic," according to a statement from the Vatican Press Office.In the photo, the Holy Father can be seen seated before the altar of the chapel where he concelebrated the Eucharist. The Vatican also reported that "the Pope's condition remains stable" and after concelebrating Sunday Mass, "he is continuing with the prescribed therapies", including respiratory...
In his message on March 16, 2025, the Holy Father particularly thanked his medical team and all people who, through their dedicated work, shine the light of God's infinite life in hospitals and places of care. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN NewsVatican City, Mar 16, 2025 / 09:43 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his gratitude for those who bring God's love into the world through their dedicated service to those who are sick."I would like to invite you, today, to join me in praising the Lord, who never abandons us and who, in times of sorrow, places people beside us who reflect a ray of his love," the Holy Father shared in his prepared Sunday Angelus message.In his message, the Holy Father particularly thanked his medical team and all people who, through their dedicated work, shine the light of God's infinite life in hospitals and places of care."How much loving care illuminates the rooms, the corridors, the clinics, the places where the humblest services are performed!" h...
Well-wishers leave notes for Pope Francis at the foot of the St. John Paul II statue outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome on March 14, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, Mar 15, 2025 / 09:30 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:
Pope Francis addresses bishops gathered in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican for the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Oct. 27, 2024. / Credit: Vatican MediaCNA Newsroom, Mar 15, 2025 / 10:15 am (CNA).The Vatican announced Tuesday that Pope Francis has approved a special ecclesial assembly for October 2028 to evaluate how Catholic communities worldwide have implemented the recently concluded Synod on Synodality recommendations.Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the synod, detailed the plans in a letter to bishops worldwide, emphasizing that this gathering will not constitute a new synod but rather serve as the culmination of a structured three-year implementation process."The goal is not to add work upon work but to help Churches walk in a synodal style," Grech wrote. The cardinal further said that local Churches would actively receive and apply the synod's final document, which Pope Francis directly approved following the conclusion of the synod in October 2024.The...
U.S. Supreme Court. / Credit: PT Hamilton/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Mar 15, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA).The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is backing an Oklahoma Catholic school's bid before the U.S. Supreme Court to become the first religious charter school in the country. St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School has been battling since 2023 to receive official status as a charter school in Oklahoma.A charter school is a free, privately managed institution that receives public funding like standard public schools. The school's opponents, led by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, have argued that the state's funding of a religious school would violate both Oklahoma statutory and constitutional law regarding the separation of church and state.The school last year was dealt a blow when the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled against its establishment, claiming the school constituted "a governmental entity and a state actor." The institution, a joint project betwe...
Carolyn Woo, the former president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, speaks with "EWTN News in Depth" on Friday, March 14, 2025. / Credit: "EWTN News in Depth"Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 15, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA).Former president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Carolyn Woo is speaking out in defense of the aid organization amid Trump administration funding cuts to its services internationally. "International aid was started at first for the benefit of the U.S. even though the aid goes overseas," Woo said during an appearance on "EWTN News In Depth" Friday evening, arguing that international aid to organizations like CRS is important "for two major reasons": security and prosperity. Woo led CRS from 2012 to 2016. The organization's current president and CEO is Sean Callahan. "Security is achieved when countries are working well," she said. "There are not as many incidences of conflicts or terrorism. In addition to that, it also allows...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople during an audience at the Patriarchal headquarters in Istanbul with the German Association of the Holy Land, March 12, 2025. / Credit: Martin Rothweiler/EWTN GermanyCNA Newsroom, Mar 15, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople on Wednesday offered a hopeful historical assessment of the traditional 1054 date for the "Great Schism" between Rome and Constantinople, suggesting that tensions developed gradually over time and "are not insurmountable.""Of course, problems have accumulated over a thousand years. But we are full of hope that they will be resolved in a few years," the patriarch emphasized during an audience in Istanbul on March 12 with a pilgrimage group from the German Association of the Holy Land.The honorary head of worldwide Orthodoxy made these comments in the presence of Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Emeritus Gregory III Laham, reported CNA Deutsch, CNA's German-language news...
Hallow's Lent Pray40 Challenge: "The Way." / Credit: HallowCNA Staff, Mar 15, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).This Lent, sales of "The Way" by St. Josemaría Escrivá have skyrocketed thanks to Hallow's Lent Pray40 Challenge, with listeners diving deeper into the writings of the Spanish-born saint in his most well-known book."The Way" reached the No. 1 spot on Amazon's "Christian Inspirational" and "Christian Devotionals" lists as well as the "Inspirational Spirituality" list. It was also No. 5 on Amazon's "Religion and Spirituality" list and No. 33 on the general books list.Hallow is using Escrivá's "The Way" as a companion to its Lenten prayer challenge this year. The book consists of 999 points that aim to help the faithful pray and encourage them to love God, live for him, and converse with him. Escrivá founded the personal prelature Opus Dei in 1928. John Coverdale, author of several books on the history of Opus Dei, spoke to CNA about Escrivá's book and why he believes it resona...
Well-wishers leave notes for Pope Francis at the foot of the St. John Paul II statue outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome on March 14, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, Mar 15, 2025 / 09:30 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:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks about a toll highway relief program during a press conference held at the Greater Miami Expressway Agency on April 1, 2024, in Miami. / Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesCNA Newsroom, Mar 15, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).The Catholic bishops of Florida are urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to commute the death sentence of Edward James, who is scheduled to be executed by the state next week for a 1993 double homicide. James pleaded guilty in 1995 to the killings of Betty Dick and her eight-year-old granddaughter Toni Neuner in Casselberry, Florida. He had strangled and raped Toni prior to her death before stabbing Betty Dick. He was ultimately apprehended in California. In a Friday press release, the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops (FCCB) said it had "implored Gov. Ron DeSantis to stay the execution of Edward James and commute his sentence to life without parole."FCCB Executive Director Michael Sheedy in a letter to DeSantis noted that the murders ...
