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A woman takes pictures in front of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, where the pope usually delivers his noontime Angelus prayer from the window of his private studio on Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, has said Pope Francis continues to rest after his return from the hospital, and is not receiving anyone or holding meetings or audiences of any kind.

Mar 31
Elise Ann Allen

The Unity Palace of the president of Cameroon in Yaoundé, Cameroon. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Cameroon’s bishops urge electoral reform ahead of 2025 presidential election

Mar 31
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Damaged buildings are seen in the aftermath of an earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 30, 2025. (Credit: Aung Shine Oo/AP.)

Church leaders pray for victims of earthquake in Myanmar

Mar 31
Nirmala Carvalho

Police officers look at a crater made by a drone near apartment houses following Russia’s night attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 29, 2025. (Credit: Yevhen Titov/AP.)

Ukrainian bishop says citizens will ‘bravely defend their country’

Mar 31
Charles Collins

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Pope John Paul II at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy on July 26, `992. (Credit: AP.)

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With Pope Francis out of the hospital, John Paul II’s final years come to mind

Mar 30
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There is no wasted time when it comes to prayer

Mar 30
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Police officers look at a crater made by a drone near apartment houses following Russia’s night attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 29, 2025. (Credit: Yevhen Titov/AP.)

Ukrainian bishop says citizens will ‘bravely defend their country’

Mar 31
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Pope John Paul II at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy on July 26, `992. (Credit: AP.)

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With Pope Francis out of the hospital, John Paul II’s final years come to mind

Mar 30
Christopher R. Altieri

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There is no wasted time when it comes to prayer

Mar 30
Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

There is no wasted time when it comes to prayer

Mar 30
Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

Newly unearthed memo shows Vatican denying ransom payment in ‘Vatican Girl’ case

Mar 29
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Erbil archbishop named in federal lawsuit targeting Iraqi mob

Mar 29
Elise Ann Allen

A Catholic teacher is killed in Western Papua, an area of Indonesia

Mar 29
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A mosaic by ex-Jesuit artist Marko Rupnik is seen on the main facade of the Church of Our Lady of the Canadian Martyrs, June 28, 2024, in Rome. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Jesuits make broad offer of reparations to women who say they were abused by ex-Jesuit artist

Mar 31
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Pope Francis appears at a window of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Sunday, March 23, 2025, where he was treated for bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia. (Credit: Riccardo De Luca/AP.)

Pope continues to improve, but Easter plans still unclear

Mar 28
Elise Ann Allen

Catholic Chaplaincy at the University of Kent in England. (Credit: Archdiocese of Southwark.)

Chaplain at British university uses Eucharistic Adoration to grow Church

Mar 28
Charles Collins

Flag of Cameroon. (Credit: Pixabay.)

Cameroon bishop calls for reparations as sacred Items are stolen from chapel

Mar 28
Ngala Killian Chimtom

The Palacio Legislativo in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Despite Church efforts, Uruguay will likely approve euthanasia in near future

Mar 27
Eduardo Campos Lima

Catholic Charities Western Washington CEO: Federal funding uncertainty ‘a big dilemma’

Mar 27
John Lavenburg

Residents line up in front of an enrollment center in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on June 10, 2014. (Credit: Diomande Ble Blonde/AP.)

Bishops warn politicians against pushing Ivory Coast to cultivate culture of death

Mar 27
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Parishioners attend Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in the Queens borough of New York on Sunday, May 8, 2022. According to a report released Thursday, April 13, 2023, by the Pew Research Center, Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, but the number of Latinos who identify as religiously unaffiliated continues to grow. (Credit: Brittainy Newman/AP.)

20 percent of adults have left their childhood religion in many countries, study shows

Mar 26
John Lavenburg

Pope’s doctor calls recovery ‘miraculous,’ says Francis wanted to keep fighting

Mar 26
Elise Ann Allen

UK Bishop: Patients deserve access to safe healthcare, not suggestions to commit suicide

Mar 26
Charles Collins

Religious freedom commission expresses ‘hope’ with Trump, cites Biden IRFA violation

Mar 26
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Mar 26
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A mosaic by ex-Jesuit artist Marko Rupnik is seen on the main facade of the Church of Our Lady of the Canadian Martyrs, June 28, 2024, in Rome. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Jesuits make broad offer of reparations to women who say they were abused by ex-Jesuit artist

Mar 31
Nicole Winfield ,
Associated Press

Pope Francis appears at a window of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Sunday, March 23, 2025, where he was treated for bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia. (Credit: Riccardo De Luca/AP.)

Pope continues to improve, but Easter plans still unclear

Mar 28
Elise Ann Allen

Catholic Chaplaincy at the University of Kent in England. (Credit: Archdiocese of Southwark.)

Chaplain at British university uses Eucharistic Adoration to grow Church

Mar 28
Charles Collins

Flag of Cameroon. (Credit: Pixabay.)

Cameroon bishop calls for reparations as sacred Items are stolen from chapel

Mar 28
Ngala Killian Chimtom

The Palacio Legislativo in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Despite Church efforts, Uruguay will likely approve euthanasia in near future

Mar 27
Eduardo Campos Lima

Catholic Charities Western Washington CEO: Federal funding uncertainty ‘a big dilemma’

Mar 27
John Lavenburg

Bishops warn politicians against pushing Ivory Coast to cultivate culture of death

Mar 27
Ngala Killian Chimtom

20 percent of adults have left their childhood religion in many countries, study shows

Mar 26
John Lavenburg

Pope’s doctor calls recovery ‘miraculous,’ says Francis wanted to keep fighting

Mar 26
Elise Ann Allen

UK Bishop: Patients deserve access to safe healthcare, not suggestions to commit suicide

Mar 26
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Candles and flowers for Pope Francis are seen in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Saturday, March 15, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Feb. 14. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope from hospital backs disarmament while key aide rejects resignation speculation

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Police officers look at a crater made by a drone near apartment houses following Russia’s night attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 29, 2025. (Credit: Yevhen Titov/AP.)

Ukrainian bishop says citizens will ‘bravely defend their country’

Mar 31
Charles Collins

Catholic Chaplaincy at the University of Kent in England. (Credit: Archdiocese of Southwark.)

Chaplain at British university uses Eucharistic Adoration to grow Church

Mar 28
Charles Collins

Bishop John Sherrington is the Lead Bishop for Life Issues in England and Wales. (Credit: Diocese of Westminster.)

UK Bishop: Patients deserve access to safe healthcare, not suggestions to commit suicide

Mar 26
Charles Collins

The Palace of Westminster, where the UK Parliament meets. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

As England leans closer to legalizing assisted dying, bishop urge Catholics to speak up

Mar 25
Charles Collins

Rosaries are seen next to a drawing of Pope Francis outside of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, March 16, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Francis is not slowing down, despite his medical problems

Mar 23
Charles Collins

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A woman takes pictures in front of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, where the pope usually delivers his noontime Angelus prayer from the window of his private studio on Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

2025[content00inject],[content00inject]-[content00inject]168[content00inject]-Top papal aide says Francis is resting, not taking meetings or visits

Mar 31
Elise Ann Allen

Erbil archbishop named in federal lawsuit targeting Iraqi mob

Mar 29
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Francis appears at a window of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Sunday, March 23, 2025, where he was treated for bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia. (Credit: Riccardo De Luca/AP.)

Pope continues to improve, but Easter plans still unclear

Mar 28
Elise Ann Allen

From left, head physician of Vatican's Health and Hygiene Office, Luigi Carbone, and Surgeon Sergio Alfieri, speak to journalists, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in the entrance hall of Rome's Gemelli Hospital. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope’s doctor calls recovery ‘miraculous,’ says Francis wanted to keep fighting

Mar 26
Elise Ann Allen

Embassy condemns papal critique of ‘Israeli bombings’ in Gaza

Mar 25
Elise Ann Allen

John Lavenburg

Catholic Charities Western Washington CEO: Federal funding uncertainty ‘a big dilemma’

Mar 27
John Lavenburg

Parishioners attend Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in the Queens borough of New York on Sunday, May 8, 2022. According to a report released Thursday, April 13, 2023, by the Pew Research Center, Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, but the number of Latinos who identify as religiously unaffiliated continues to grow. (Credit: Brittainy Newman/AP.)

20 percent of adults have left their childhood religion in many countries, study shows

Mar 26
John Lavenburg

Religious freedom commission expresses ‘hope’ with Trump, cites Biden IRFA violation

Mar 26
John Lavenburg

Prime Minister Mark Carney meets young members of the crowd during the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Montreal, Sunday March 16, 2025. (Credit: Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP.)

Canadian Catholic leaders denounce government budget proposals

Mar 19
John Lavenburg

A CRS distribution in Nakivale Refugee Settlement. (Credit: Photo courtesy Catholic Relief Services.)

Pope Francis congratulates CRS on 50 years of ‘noble’ Lent initiative

Mar 15
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