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St. Philip Neri in levitation, fresco by unknown (1600 ca.) from Vallicella rooms of the saint, Chiesa Nuova, Rome. / Credit: Francesco Cantone/ShutterstockRome, Italy, May 26, 2023 / 01:00 am (CNA).On the via Appia Antica, beyond the Aurelian walls, sits the ancient basilica of San Sebastiano fuori le Mura. It is one of the most important churches in Rome, not only because it is one of the seven pilgrimage churches of Rome, but also because it is where the remains of Sts. Peter and Paul were taken (it was known as "Basilica Apostolorum" before it was dedicated to St. Sebastian) duri...

Pope Francis at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 24, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNARome Newsroom, May 26, 2023 / 07:07 am (CNA).Pope Francis canceled meetings on Friday morning due to a fever, a Vatican spokesman confirmed.Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See Press Office, told CNA that "due to a feverish condition, Pope Francis did not receive [anyone] in audience this morning."As of Friday afternoon, the pope does not have any public appointments scheduled for May 27, according to the Vatican calendar. He is currently scheduled to say Mass in St. Peter'...

Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, whose body was discovered apparently incorrupt, founded the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles. / Courtesy of the Benedictines of MaryDenver, Colo., May 24, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA).When the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles exhumed the body of their foundress Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, on May 18, they found the unexpected: Four years after her death and burial in a simple wooden coffin, her body appeared remarkably well preserved.The news quickly spread on social media about the unusual state of the remains of the contemplative order'...

A few hundred Catholics marched through the streets of Washington, D.C., to publicly pray and adore the body of Christ during a eucharistic procession on Saturday, May 20, 2023. / Credit: Joe Portolano/CNAWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 24, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA).A few hundred Catholics marched through the streets of Washington, D.C., to publicly pray and adore the body of Christ during a eucharistic procession on Saturday, May 20, two days after the solemnity of the Ascension. The procession, led by Catholic Information Center (CIC) Director Father Charles Trullols, began at the CIC buildi...

The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas. / Credit: Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity Discalced Carmelite NunsWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 24, 2023 / 15:15 pm (CNA).A Carmelite nun who accused the Diocese of Fort Worth and Bishop Michael Olson of violating both civil law and canon law is now appealing to the Vatican after the bishop refused to let her choose her own canon lawyer for representation in a diocesan investigation, according to a civil lawyer representing the nun.The diocese has accused the Reverend Mother Sup...