Pope’s therapy adjusted again after tests reveal ‘polymicrobial infection’ February 17, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis is suffering from a “polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract,” test results revealed Feb. 17, “which required a further modification of his therapy,” a Vatican medical bulletin said.
Pope calls artists to be ‘custodians of the beatitudes’ during Jubilee February 17, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News Artists and cultural figures must be “custodians of the beatitudes,” embracing their vocation to create beauty, reveal truth and inspire hope in a troubled world, Pope Francis wrote to people participating in the Jubilee for Artists and the World of Culture.
At Vatican, museum directors look at conveying art’s religious meaning February 17, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church and cultural institutions must work together to overcome the “crisis of transmission” that prevents people from recognizing the artistic and religious value of art in museums, said the Vatican’s key liaison with the world of culture.
Pope appoints religious sister to run Vatican City State February 17, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist Raffaella Petrini, secretary-general of the office governing Vatican City State, will become president of the office March 1, the Vatican confirmed.
UK Mass attendance jumps significantly, numbers still not quite pre-pandemic February 17, 2025By Andy Drozdziak OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Mass attendance throughout England and Wales increased by almost 50,000 people between 2022 and 2023, which a leading Catholic professor believes could be the catalyst for new growth in the church.
Basilicas, churches and shrines across U.S. are Jubilee 2025 pilgrimage sites February 17, 2025By Jack Figge OSV News Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, World News In the United States, bishops could designate churches, cathedrals, shrines, monasteries, or other religious locations as “jubilee pilgrimage sites.”
Annual collection ‘ever more urgent’ for church in Ukraine, former Soviet states, says bishop February 16, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News An annual collection for the Catholic Church in nations once under Soviet control is “ever more urgent,” especially as Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine enters its fourth year — and as the church still works to rebuild in nations scarred by decades of communism, said Bishop Gerald L. Vincke of Salina, Kan.
Catholic groups struggle to bring hope to Haiti’s children amid violence at level of ‘living hell’ February 16, 2025By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Missions, News, World News As the growing violence in Haiti directly impacts more and more children and teenagers, Catholic missionaries struggle to offer safe havens to regain hope and dreams of a better future.
Celebrating Notre Dame’s restoration shows ‘how essential sacred spaces are to humanity’ February 15, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News The Chicago-based Catholic Extension Society has learned a thing or two over the years about the importance of sacred spaces.
Prayers, adoration and getting back to basics of faith seen as ways to encourage vocations February 15, 2025By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News Prayers and fasting, eucharistic adoration and getting back to the basics of the Catholic faith are some of the ways the laity can encourage priestly and religious vocations in 2025.
Tuscan bishop laments passage of right-to-die law in Italy, calls it a ‘defeat for everyone’ February 15, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The head of the Tuscan Bishops’ Conference said the passage of a new law in Italy allowing medically assisted suicide was “not an achievement, but a defeat for everyone.”
Engagement with culture must be central to Catholic life, cardinal says February 15, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News Catholics cannot confine their faith to the liturgy but must fully engage and dialogue with the culture that surrounds them, said the cardinal responsible for the church’s engagement with the world of culture.
