By Sean Fitzpatrick on Mar 07, 2025 03:00 am
The expression “caught on the horns of a dilemma” derives from the undesirable situation of facing a charging bull and having to choose which horn to be gored upon. Life is full of such terrible [...]
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By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Mar 06, 2025 08:39 pm
Catholic bishops in Central Africa have called on regional leaders to take swift action in the implementation of the peace resolutions to end the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Death [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Mar 06, 2025 11:45 am
Father Sylvester Okechukwu of the Diocese of Kafanchan in Nigeria was found murdered on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. / Credit: Diocese of Kafanchan, Nigeria
ACI Africa, Mar 6, 2025 / 12:45 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Kafanchan in Nigeria is payin... [...]
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By Conor Dugan on Mar 06, 2025 04:00 am
The fifty-year period between 1920 and 1970 was a golden age for the Catholic novel. Among the great novels published in that fertile period are Sigrid Undset’s Kristin Lavransdatter, Georges Bernanos’ The Diary of a Country [...]
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By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Mar 05, 2025 12:00 pm
Lent is a time especially focused on conversion, on turning from sin and turning to God. Conversion, on the other hand, is not limited to one time or season. It is the ongoing work of [...]
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By George Weigel on Mar 05, 2025 04:30 am
On December 20, 2002, I was at lunch in the papal apartment when the wide-ranging conversation John Paul II always encouraged took an unexpected turn, with the pope asking me how President Ronald Reagan was [...]
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By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Mar 05, 2025 04:00 am
The following homily was preached at the Church of the Holy Innocents in Manhattan on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Lent is upon us. And the first step in having a successful, productive Lent is [...]
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By CWR Staff on Mar 05, 2025 03:00 am
School of Repentance – ‘What are you giving up for Lent?’ While the question might be common in many Christian circles, it seems that answers to it are, well, increasingly creative.” Lent and the Divine [...]
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By Donald Jacob Uitvlugt on Mar 04, 2025 03:26 pm
On September 13, 1843, Our Lord spoke to the heart of a Carmelite nun in the city of Tours, France. Jesus told her that He was calling her to a program of reparation for sins [...]
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By David Paul Deavel on Mar 04, 2025 02:00 pm
“What are you doing for Lent?” It’s a good question. Parents often ask their children. Friends ask each other. If we haven’t been preparing ourselves during the “pre-Lent” period found in many Catholic rites, we may well [...]
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By Sandra Miesel on Mar 04, 2025 12:43 am
The final edition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (1940) is a drab little volume smaller than the average paperback. Bound in soft gray cardboard, its 510 flimsy pages—plus front matter and appendices—record the Church’s last [...]
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By Susan Ciancio on Mar 03, 2025 08:08 pm
I am a longtime fan of the Babylon Bee, which writes “satire about Christian stuff, political stuff, and everyday life,” I was more than amused by a recent headline that read, “Uh Oh: Saint Peter Starts Asking Everyone at Pearly [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Mar 03, 2025 01:35 pm
A balloon with an image of Pope Francis stands outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis is hospitalized with pneumonia. Pope Francis suffered two new breathing attacks on March 3, 2025, the Vatican said, as the 88-year-old pontiff st... [...]
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By Bishop Donald J. Hying on Mar 02, 2025 11:06 pm
An intriguing paragraph in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which I have often pondered, is #675: The Church’s ultimate trial. Before Christ’s second coming, the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake [...]
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By Tracey Rowland on Mar 02, 2025 10:16 pm
The ExCel Conference Centre near Canary Wharf in the East End of London was recently the location for two major conferences: the 2025 ARC (Alliance for Responsible Citizenship) event, and a Word on Fire conference [...]
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By Charles J. Russo on Mar 02, 2025 06:33 pm
As issues involving sexuality increasingly encroach on daily activities, including in schools, controversies increase over the messages educators allow students to communicate defending what are now euphemistically referred to as “traditional values.” In a recent [...]
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By James Kalb on Mar 01, 2025 11:12 pm
Vice President JD Vance’s recent comment that we should love and assist those close to us before those who are more distant provoked an outburst of argument that eventually involved even the Pope. The comment [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Mar 01, 2025 04:30 pm
A statue of St. John Paul II is seen in front of the entrance to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Feb. 22, 2025, where Pope Francis continues to receive treatment for respiratory issues. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA
CNA Newsroom, Mar 1, 2025 / 13:30 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis’ clinical condition remains stable after Friday’s bronchospasm episode that caused vomiting and sudden respiratory deterioration, according to a Holy See Press Office statement released Saturday evening.
The 88-year-old pontiff has been alternating between noninvasive mechanical ventilation and high-flow oxygen therapy, the Vatican communiqué stated.
Medical updates indicate the Holy Father remains fever-free with no signs of infection in his blood work. His vital signs, including blood pressure and heart rate, continue to be stable. The statement also highlighted that Pope Francis has maintained a healthy appetite and is actively participating in breathing exercises prescribed by his medical team.
Vatican officials confirmed the pope has not experienced further bronchospasm episodes. He remains “alert and oriented” and received the Eucharist Saturday afternoon, after which he dedicated time to prayer.
The statement concluded by noting that “the prognosis remains reserved,” suggesting doctors are still cautious about the pope’s recovery timeline.
The Holy See Press Office confirmed earlier today that, as with the previous two Sundays, the text of the Angelus will be distributed in written form tomorrow rather than delivered by the pope in person.
According to Vatican sources, the pontiff’s breathing is improving, though his overall condition remains complex. The situation regarding his pneumonia is described as stable.
Francis prayed for approximately 20 minutes in the chapel near his room on the 10th floor of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he is receiving treatment. The pope reportedly remains in good spirits and has been informed of the many prayers being offered for him.
Further medical details may become available tomorrow, Vatican sources indicated.
Marco Mancini contributed to this report.
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By Daniel B. Gallagher on Feb 28, 2025 09:48 pm
Last June, the Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation made the largest single investment in PreK-12 education in history. The non-profit promised to donate $150 million to the Big Shoulders Fund over the next ten years to [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Feb 28, 2025 01:58 pm
The chapel at Gemelli Hosptial in Rome bears the name and contains a relic of another pope who knew these corridors well: St. John Paul II. The Polish pontiff was hospitalized here multiple times, including after an assassination attempt in 1981... [...]
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