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Pope Francis enters the Vaticans Paul VI Hall in a wheelchair on May 5, 2022. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Vatican City, Mar 29, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA).Pope Francis will be hospitalized for "some days" after being diagnosed with a respiratory infection, the Vatican said Wednesday.The 86-year-old Francis, who has spent most of his 10 years as pope in relatively good health, has dealt with several painful medical conditions over the last few years. Here is a timeline charting Pope Francis recent...

Null / ShutterstockSt. Louis, Mo., Mar 30, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).The results of a new study from the Pew Research Center show that in-person Mass attendance among Catholics has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels, and only about 4 in 10 U.S. Catholics say they attend Mass in person as often as they did before the pandemic. A quarter of all Catholics say they now attend less often.The self-reported Mass attendance numbers in the Pew study combine those Catholics who say they attend in ...

Pope Francis started his Canada trip by visiting the cemetery and chapel of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in Maskwacis, Alberta, on July 25, 2022. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Mar 30, 2023 / 04:03 am (CNA).Two Vatican departments issued a joint statement Thursday on the "doctrine of discovery" and the dignity and rights due indigenous peoples.The statement said the legal concept of the "doctrine of discovery" is "not part of the teaching of the Catholic Church" and his...

Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston. / Daniel Ibanez/CNARome Newsroom, Mar 30, 2023 / 07:30 am (CNA).Cardinal Sean OMalley said Thursday he strongly disagrees with a critique of the Vaticans safeguarding commission by abuse expert and recently resigned member Father Hans Zollner.In a new statement March 30, OMalley, who heads the commission, said: "I am surprised, disappointed, and strongly disagree with [Zollners] publicly-issued assertions challenging the commissions effectiveness.&quot...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis message of hope for humanity will be shot into earths orbit as a "nanobook" embedded inside a small satellite and his words will also be transmitted back to earth each day for ham radio reception.The new space mission, called "Spei Satelles," is being promoted by the Dicastery for Communication and coordinated by the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The project was unveiled at the Vatican March 27, the anniversary of Pope Francis prayer service h...

A woman prays at a makeshift memorial for victims outside the Covenant School building at the Covenant Presbyterian Church on March 28, 2023, following the March 27, 2023, shooting at the school in Nashville, Tennessee. / Credit: Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty ImagesWashington D.C., Mar 28, 2023 / 14:50 pm (CNA).A person who killed six people at a private Presbyterian Christian school in Nashville before being fatally shot by police wrote a manifesto that contained a map of the school...

Null / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Vatican City, Mar 29, 2023 / 05:27 am (CNA).Pope Francis has expressed his sorrow over a shooting at a private Presbyterian Christian school in Nashville.A person took the lives of three 9-year-old students and three adult staff members at Covenant School March 27 before being shot in a gunfight with Nashville police."Deeply saddened to learn of the recent shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, His Holiness Pope Francis asks you to convey his heartfelt cond...

Shia LaBeouf and Brother Alexander Rodriguez, a real Franciscan friar who makes an appearance in the film, are close friends in real life. / Br. Alexander RodriguezBoston, Mass., Mar 29, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA).A new movie about St. Padre Pio, starring Catholic convert Shia LaBeouf will be available for public viewing beginning June 2. The movie will be released and distributed in North America by Gravitas Ventures, according to deadline.com. The company did not respond in time for publi...

Pope Francis speaks at his general audience in St. Peter's Square on March 29, 2023. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Mar 29, 2023 / 13:24 pm (CNA).Pope Francis will be hospitalized for "some days" after being diagnosed with a respiratory infection, the Vatican said Wednesday. "In recent days Pope Francis has complained of some difficulty breathing and this afternoon went to [Gemelli Hospital] to carry out some medical tests. The results of these tests showed a respirato...

Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes / Archdiocese of Detroit.Rome Newsroom, Mar 28, 2023 / 04:55 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes of Agaña, Guam. Byrnes, 64, has led the Catholic Church on the U.S. island territory since the 2019 conviction of its former Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron for the sexual abuse of minors.Pacific Daily News, a Guam-based news site, reported in December 2022 that Byrnes was on extended leave from his duties as archbishop ...