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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church formally "repudiates those concepts that fail to recognize the inherent human rights of Indigenous peoples, including what has become known as the legal and political doctrine of discovery," a Vatican statement said.Issued March 30 by the dicasteries for Culture and Education and for Promoting Integral Human Development, the statement said papal texts that seemed to support the idea that Christian colonizers could claim the land of non-Christia...

WASHINGTON - On Wednesday afternoon March 29, Pope Francis was taken to Gemelli Hospital in Rome. Reports followed that Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will remain in the hospital for several days. Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement regarding the Holy Father: "As Pope Francis recovers in the hospital from a respiratory infection, we pray intensely for ou...

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ROME (CNS) -- More than 24 hours after he entered the hospital, Pope Francis doctors reported a "marked improvement" in his condition, which they attributed to treatment with intravenous antibiotics.The tests the pope underwent after entering Romes Gemelli hospital with difficulty breathing revealed he had bronchitis, said a medical bulletin released by the Vatican press office March 30. "Based on his expected progress, the Holy Father could be discharged in the coming days."...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Jesus can offer everyone hope and new life, Pope Francis said."Let yourself be pulled out" by Jesus during "these bad moments that happen to us all," the pope said before praying the Angelus with some 35,000 visitors gathered in St. Peters Square March 26.In his talk, Pope Francis reflected on the days Gospel reading from St. John in which Jesus weeps and prays at Lazarus tomb then calls to him to "Come out," bringing him back to life."The...

An exorcist is warning about the dangers of a Ouija-board-like product promising users that they will be able to "communicate directly with Jesus Christ." / Holy Spirit Games YouTubeWashington D.C., Mar 31, 2023 / 08:37 am (CNA).Catholic exorcist Father Ernesto Caro is warning that what is being marketed on Amazon as a Christian "Holy Spirit" board game is "not a game" at all but instead "a trap from the devil."On a March 28 segment of EWTN News Nightly, C...

Null / Credit: Aditya Romansa/UnsplashSt. Louis, Mo., Mar 31, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA).The 2023 Wisconsin judicial race, which might have remained obscure in other years even within Wisconsin, is garnering national media attention and record fundraising numbers for the candidates. Heres what you need to know about the April 4 election, when voters will choose who will sit on the state Supreme Court for the next decade. Pro-life groups say this election could help determine whether abortion sta...

Funeral of Fathers Javier Campos Morales, SJ, and Joaquín César Mora Salazar, SJ, in June 2022. / Credit: Society of Jesus MexicoACI Prensa Staff, Mar 29, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).Forensic experts have identified a body found shot to death March 22 in Sinaloa state, Mexico, as that of José Noriel Portillo, alias "El Chueco," who allegedly murdered two Jesuit priests and laymen last year.Father Luis Gerardo Moro Madrid, superior of the Society of Jesus in Mexico, pointed out that the al...

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 ...