Pope expresses closeness with Cuban people as unrest continues
byBy Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis expressed his closeness to the people of Cuba a week after protests…
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First-person accounts of religious repression punctuate summit
byBy Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Many people may not think about religious repression since it doesn’t happen in the United States….
Appealing to need for unity, pope restores limits on pre-Vatican II Mass
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Saying he was acting for the good of the unity of the Catholic Church, Pope…
U.S. bishops again urge House members to restore Hyde to spending bill
byBy Julie Asher, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The House Committee on Appropriations is poised to mark up “the most extreme pro-abortion appropriations bill…
Pope released from hospital,
prays at Rome basilica
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By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Ten days after undergoing intestinal surgery, Pope Francis was released from Rome’s Gemelli hospital,…
Illinois priest named Bishop of
Covington, succeeds Bishop Foys
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WASHINGTON — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Roger J. Foys of Covington, Kentucky, and named as his successor Father John C….
Franciscans elect Italian as 121st successor to St. Francis of Assisi
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service ROME — Members of the general chapter of the Order of Friars Minor elected Rome-born Father Massimo Fusarelli…
Hundreds gather outside hospital to greet recovering pope
byBy Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pilgrims and well-wishers gathered at Rome’s Gemelli hospital to greet Pope Francis as he…
Miami archbishop, Boston cardinal, pastor offer prayers, comfort at site
byCatholic News Service SURFSIDE, Fla. — After spending time at Surfside’s informal Wall of Remembrance memorial for the victims of the Champlain Towers South…
Pope out of bed, walking after surgery at Rome hospital
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The second morning after undergoing colon surgery, Pope Francis was continuing to recover well…