Archive for February 17, 2025

Top row from left to right: Niña Ruiz Abad, Marcelo Henrique Câmara, Sister Cecilia María de la Santa Faz. Bottom row from left to right: Víctor Manuel Schiavoni, Chiara Badano, Rebeca Rocamora.?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Marina

Meet 7 ‘Generation X’ Catholics on their way to sainthood

Several of these seven members of Generation X — born between 1965 and 1980 — are already beatified, while others... Read more

Crowds at a town hall meeting on immigration in Los Angeles, January 2014.?w=200&h=150

By Andy Drozdziak

New UK immigration bill ‘punishes’ refugees, say Catholic bishops and Jesuit Refugee Service

The Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill is currently making its way through the U.K. Parliament and passed its second... Read more

Concert at the Santa Maria dell'Olivo convent in Maciano, Italy, in July 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope receives prisoners’ prayers for recovery while hospitalized in Rome

While hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis has received touching letters from inmates who were set to perform for... Read more

Statues illuminated in ethereal blue light during the special evening access to St. Peter's Basilica for the Jubilee of Artists, Feb. 16, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

At Vatican evening event, historic St. Peter’s bell ‘speaks’ through new sound installation

The work by American artist Bill Fontana transforms the resonances of the 9-ton bell into an immersive acoustic experience. Read more

Home of the Legionaries of Christ in Cumming, Georgia, catches on fire after a lightening strike on the morning of Feb. 16, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Lightning strike sparks fire, destroys Legionaries of Christ home near Atlanta

The building, which housed four priests and three missionaries, is located on Woodsong Trail in Cumming, Georgia, about 40 miles... Read more

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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

Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court building.

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

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

Grace Center in northern Ethiopia provides extensive care and support to over 50,000 individuals yearly of all ages and abilities.

How one woman’s ‘vision from God’ led to helping thousands of lives in Ethiopia

Candles with Pope Francis’ image on them stand outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Feb. 21, 2025.

Pope Francis will be discharged from Gemelli Hospital on Sunday, Vatican says

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

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

Genuflection before the Blessed Sacrament.

Cardinal Dolan explains why Catholics genuflect in church

A makeshift shrine with devotional candles, flowers, and images of Pope Francis appears outside Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Feb. 22, 2025.

Pope Francis to offer window blessing from Gemelli Hospital this Sunday

A previous class of St. Kateri Rosary Walk interns.

Young men reaffirm faith and friendship in Church-sponsored building project

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