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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, 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:
null / Credit: Wolfgang Schaller|ShutterstockCNA Staff, Feb 27, 2025 / 13:10 pm (CNA).The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday night temporarily paused an order from a lower court directing the White House to pay out roughly $2 billion in foreign aid grants to nonprofit organizations.The Department of Justice had filed an appeal with the ??U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday night after U.S. District Judge Amir Ali ordered the administration to make payments to grantees by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday. The Trump administration had frozen the funding as part of an extensive series of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump last month. Numerous Catholic entities have been affected by the freeze, though the Church was not involved with the suit at issue on Wednesday night.The administration argued that Ali's order forced the government to "pay arbitrarily determined expenses on a timeline of the district court's choosing." It...
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:
Pope Francis attends the general audience at the Vatican on Feb. 12, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN NewsCNA Newsroom, Feb 27, 2025 / 07:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis slept well overnight and his condition continues to improve as he undergoes treatment for a complex respiratory infection at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, the Vatican announced Thursday morning.The 88-year-old pontiff continues oxygen therapy "with high flow rates" and has begun physiotherapy treatment for his respiratory passages.While the pope's condition shows signs of improvement, Vatican officials emphasized that "the prognosis remains cautious" as his hospitalization extends into its 13th day.Pope's consolation to grieving motherThe Vatican, meanwhile, has revealed a moving letter the Holy Father wrote shortly before his hospitalization.In the letter, set to appear in the monthly magazine Piazza San Pietro, Pope Francis responded to a grieving Roman mother who lost her 21-year-old son."Jesus, who weeps with us, wil...
Faith & Reason Institute President Robert Royal. / Credit: Courtesy of Faith & Reason InstituteWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 27, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Faith & Reason Institute, the first Washington, D.C.-based think tank devoted to encouraging both of these essential elements of human existence. The institute, which got its name from St. John Paul II's 1998 encyclical Fides et Ratio, addresses issues of economics, politics, public policy, science, and technology, among others, from the perspective of both faith and reason. "I thought there needed to be a more explicit emphasis on both faith and reason here in Washington and elsewhere," the institute's president, Robert Royal, told CNA in an interview ahead of the organization's recent gala celebrating its milestone anniversary.Reflecting on the institute's beginnings, Royal recalled his father telling him: "'Are you sure this is going to work?' And I [told him],...
A migrant woman prays in front of an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe at a migrant shelter in McAllen, Texas, run by Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley. / Credit: Peter Pinedo/CNAWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 27, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).More local Catholic Charities agencies across the country have been forced this week to lay off employees and shut down programs as a result of the federal aid funding freeze enacted last month by the Trump administration.Catholic Charities in Florida, Texas, and Kansas spoke out this week about how the funding freeze has impacted both program-specific and agency-wide efforts. Since President Donald Trump issued a directive halting all foreign aid for a 90-day review, federal funding has been blocked for Catholic Charities programs across the U.S., affecting migrant and refugee service programs especially.Texas Catholic Charities announces closure of refugee programCatholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle announced Mon...
