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  • [ July 10, 2026 ] Nicaraguan bishop: Irrationality and cruelty are tragic characteristics of the dictatorship News Briefs
  • [ July 10, 2026 ] Northern Ireland launches inquiry into mother and baby homes with landmark bill News Briefs
  • [ July 9, 2026 ] SSPX Masses an ‘abuse’ of Eucharist: U.S. bishops continue to urge Catholics not to attend News Briefs

Month: February 2025

Features

An Open Letter to JD Vance about IVF

February 28, 2025 Sister Renée Mirkes 56

Dear Vice-President Vance: Your statement—“I realize that there is a part of me—the best part of me—that takes its cue from Catholicism”—is music to my ears. In fact, it cued me to introduce you to […]

Books

Christ’s wounds, our wounds, and the possibility of flourishing

February 27, 2025 Jennifer S. Bryson 5

In Healing Wounds: The 2025 Lent Book, Bishop Erik Varden, OCSO, of Norway, guides readers more deeply into Christ’s wounds while also helping us to see our own more clearly and not fear bringing them to […]

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Spanish bishops: Conditions for Pope Francis to resign are not met

February 27, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis meets with the Spanish bishops at the Vatican on Nov. 28, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media

Madrid, Spain, Feb 27, 2025 / 17:50 pm (CNA).
The secretary-general and spokesman for the Spanish Bishops’ Conference (CEE, by its Spanish acro… […]

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New Jersey governor launches program to bring abortionists to state

February 27, 2025 Catholic News Agency 3

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, pictured on June 19, 2024, introduced a $2 million program to encourage abortionists to come to his state. / Credit: PSpencer Platt/Getty Images

CNA Staff, Feb 27, 2025 / 17:20 pm (CNA).
Here is a roundup of recent … […]

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Mexican state decriminalizes abortion; Catholics who support it excommunicated, bishop says

February 27, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Historic center of San Francisco de Campeche, capital of the Mexican state of Campeche in the country’s Yucatán Peninsula. / Credit: Ralf Roletschek, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons

Puebla, Mexico, Feb 27, 2025 / 16:10 pm (CNA).
Following the F… […]

The Dispatch

The heaven-earth dilemma and the scandal of God-become-dirt

February 27, 2025 Matthew Becklo 11

In his talk on the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, which has now amassed almost three million views on YouTube, Bishop Robert Barron calls Christ’s “bread of life” teaching in John 6 a “standing […]

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Pope Francis’ medical condition continues to improve, Vatican says

February 27, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

People pray at the statue of John Paul II outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis is hospitalized with pneumonia, on Feb. 27, 2025. / Credit: DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images

Vatican City, Feb 27, 2025 / 15:40 pm (CNA).
Pope Fr… […]

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Supreme Court pauses order that Trump pay $2 billion in foreign aid

February 27, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Staff, Feb 27, 2025 / 13:10 pm (CNA).
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday night temporarily paused an order from a lower court directing the White House to pay out roughly $2 bill… […]

The Dispatch

Why We Need Lent: Advice from St. Benedict

February 27, 2025 Dr. R. Jared Staudt 1

Lent shouldn’t be necessary. That’s what St. Benedict of Nursia, the great father of monks, thought, at least. Jesus commanded us to deny ourselves and take up our cross daily. In response, Benedict thought the […]

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Pope’s letter to grieving mother revealed as jubilee audience is canceled

February 27, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis attends the general audience at the Vatican on Feb. 12, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

CNA Newsroom, Feb 27, 2025 / 07:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis slept well overnight and his condition continues to improve as he undergoes t… […]

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