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Pope Francis gives a thumbsup gesture from his window at Gemelli Hospital in Rome during his first public appearance in weeks on Sunday, March 23, 2025.

LIVE UPDATES: A ‘thumbs up’ to the faithful as Pope Francis released from hospital

Mar 23, 2025

By CNA Staff

Here’s the latest news on Pope Francis’ health and hospitalization. Read more

Mother Angelica, foundress of EWTN.

Mother Angelica’s work still brings inspiration — and conversion — 9 years after her death

Mar 27, 2025

By Joe Bukuras

The foundress of EWTN, Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, died nine years ago, but her legacy lives on.  Read more

Eucharistic hosts.

Indianapolis Archdiocese: Lab results indicate discolored host was ‘not miraculous’

Mar 24, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Last month, a social media post drew attention to what the post called a “‘potential’ Eucharistic miracle” after a parish... Read more

Genuflection before the Blessed Sacrament.

Cardinal Dolan explains why Catholics genuflect in church

Mar 22, 2025

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, explained one of the expressions of reverence Catholics make in church —... Read more

The Annunciation by Fra Angelico.

8 things to know and share about the Annunciation

Mar 25, 2025

By Jimmy Akin

The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary to announce the incarnation of Christ. Here are eight things to know and share... Read more

Pope Francis waves from a balcony at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Sunday, March 23, 2025, following weeks of hospitalization for bilateral pneumonia.

Pope Francis makes first public appearance in weeks, returns to Vatican

Mar 23, 2025

By AC Wimmer

The moment marked his first public engagement in weeks. Read more

Actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson.

Mel Gibson’s ‘The Resurrection of the Christ’ to begin shooting in Italy this August

Mar 26, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

In an interview with podcast host Joe Rogan, Mel Gibson said the film is “very ambitious” and the story follows... Read more

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23 new Legionary priests to be ordained at the Vatican

Mar 27, 2025

By Diego López Colín

Twenty-three men will be ordained as new Legionaries of Christ priests at the Vatican this spring. Read more

“Let this cross guide you as it once guided Constantine,” said Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America upon presenting President Trump with a holy cross at the White House on March 24, 2025.

Greek Orthodox archbishop praises Trump for Middle East Christian support, gives him cross

Mar 25, 2025

By María J. Moriarty

Using Emperor Constantine’s famous vision of the cross, Archbishop Elpidophoros presented Trump with a holy cross, calling it a symbol... Read more

A scene from St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer's trip to Jaltepec, Mexico, in June 1970.

Catholics celebrate 100th anniversary of priestly ordination of St. Josemaría Escrivá

Mar 24, 2025

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

On March 28, the centennial of the priestly ordination of St. Josemaría Escrivá will be celebrated with liturgical and academic... Read more

Auxiliary Bishop Nicholas Hudson with the lord mayor of Westminster, Robert Rigby, at Westminster Cathedral on Thursday, March 20, 2025.

Lord mayor of Westminster in London receives papal knighthood

Mar 22, 2025

By Andy Drozdziak

Councilor Robert Rigby was formally awarded the knighthood — the highest honor a lay Catholic can be given by the... Read more

Dr. Sergio Alfieri answers questions from the media at a press conference regarding Pope Francis’ health on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, at Gemelli Hospital in Rome.

Pope Francis’ doctor: ‘We really thought we wouldn’t make it’

Mar 25, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

The head of the medical team that treated Pope Francis at Gemelli Hospital revealed that at one point they had... Read more

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New ‘game changer’ health care bill would make health sharing payments tax deductible

Mar 24, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

If passed, the Health Care Sharing Ministry Tax Parity Act would designate health sharing payments as tax deductable. Read more

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy in a March 20, 2025, interview on “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo” shares how his family and Catholic faith have sustained him during his extraordinarily intense first months as U.S. Secretary of Transportation.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy reflects on first months of tenure and his faith

Mar 22, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Sean Duffy shared how his family and his Catholic faith have sustained him during his extraordinarily intense first months as... Read more

Pope Francis waves from a balcony at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Sunday, March 23, 2025, following weeks of hospitalization for bilateral pneumonia.

Pope Francis: God desires to offer his love and mercy to those at the ‘crossroads’ of life

Mar 26, 2025

By Kristina Millare

“To go and proclaim the Gospel, we first need to set down the burden of our history at the feet... Read more

Kansas Capitol building in Topeka.

Prayer and peaceful protest planned in response to ‘black mass’ in Kansas

Mar 27, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

To counter the Satanic event, Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, will lead a Eucharistic Holy Hour at Assumption... Read more

Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court building.

Catholic activists call for diplomatic intervention for Kenyan on death row in Vietnam

Mar 23, 2025

By Silas Isenjia

CitizenGo Africa officials say the life of Margaret Nduta, a young Kenyan woman sentenced to die in Vietnam following a... Read more

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Catholic nurse practitioner reaches settlement with CVS in religious discrimination suit

Mar 25, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Gudrun Kristofersdottir initially filed a lawsuit in 2024 following her termination from a Florida CVS MinuteClinic after she refused to... Read more

Pope Francis greets His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales at the canonization of St. John Henry Newman at the Vatican on Oct. 13, 2019.

King Charles postpones Vatican visit to give Pope Francis more recovery time

Mar 25, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The royal couple was set to visit the Vatican in early April to celebrate the 2025 Jubilee but announced the... Read more

A Christian boy holds a crucifix during a protest in Karachi on Aug. 22, 2023, to condemn the attack on churches in Pakistan. More than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches were vandalized in an hourslong riot in Jaranwala in Punjab province on Aug. 16 after unverified reports that a Koran had been desecrated.

Young Christian in Pakistan brutally attacked for refusing to convert to Islam

Mar 26, 2025

By Andrés Henríquez

Aid to the Church in Need reported the attack, pointing to it as yet another example of “the persistent religious... Read more