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Pope’s doctors say on health, ‘both doors are open’

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Bishop Carlos María Domínguez. (Credit: Diocese of San Rafael.)

Bishop in Argentina resigns for ‘personal’ reasons after 2 years in office

Feb 14
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A UN armored personnel carrier burns during clashes with M23 rebels outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

European Parliament, COMECE president issue calls for EU action on DRC crisis

Feb 14
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Cardinal Dolan turns 75 – and joins a growing group of senior US churchmen

Feb 7
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center right, meets with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino at the presidential palace in Panama City on Feb. 2, 2025. (Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/Pool, AP.)

As Church stresses Panama’s sovereignty, government promises U.S. it will end deal with China

Feb 3
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Pope Francis gives his Angelus address outside St. Peter's Square on Feb. 2, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Francis marks National Day of Life in Italy

Feb 2
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Pope Francis greets the superior general of Sodalitium, José David Correa, during a private audience at the Vatican Oct. 30, 2021. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Suppressed Peru group distances itself from critics of pope, papal delegates

Feb 2
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Manila Cathedral in the Philippines. (Credit: Unsplash.)

New data looks at clerical abuse of minors in the Philippines

Jan 30
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Pope Francis at General Audience in the Vatican, Jan. 29, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Francis calls for an end to hostilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Jan 29
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People participate in the March for Life in Washington, DC, on Jan 24, 2025. (Credit: Ben Curtis/AP.)

Vice President Vance tells March for Life the Trump administration is fighting abortion

Jan 25
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Surgeon Sergio Alfieri, right, and Pope Francis's personal doctor, Luigi Carboni, speak to journalists on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in the entrance hall of Rome's Gemelli Hospital. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino./AP.)

Pope’s doctors say on health, ‘both doors are open’

Feb 21
Elise Ann Allen

Nuns pray in front of a statue of Pope John Paul II in front of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Feb. 17, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Top aides hit back against rumors of papal death, resignation

Feb 21
Elise Ann Allen

Nuns pray for Pope Francis in front of the statue of Pope John Paul II at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

As Pope Francis marks first week in hospital, Church leaders call for prayer

Feb 21
Charles Collins

Church of Saint Francis in Salvador, Brazil. (Credit: Civil Defense of Salvador.)

Collapse of historical church’s ceiling sparks fear of new accidents in Brazil

Feb 21
Eduardo Campos Lima

Nuns pray in front of a statue of Pope John Paul II in front of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Feb. 17, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Top aides hit back against rumors of papal death, resignation

Feb 21
Elise Ann Allen

Candles with the pictures of Pope Francis are the laid under the statue of late Pope John Paul II outside Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

In his native Argentina, people praying for the health of Pope Francis

Feb 20
Eduardo Campos Lima

Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin of their comrade Andrii Neshodovskiy during the funeral ceremony at the cemetery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Credit: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP.)

Ukrainian Major Archbishop visits U.S., urges politicians to ignore pro-Russian propaganda

Feb 20
Charles Collins

Surgeon Sergio Alfieri, right, and Pope Francis's personal doctor, Luigi Carboni, speak to journalists on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in the entrance hall of Rome's Gemelli Hospital. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino./AP.)

Pope’s doctors say on health, ‘both doors are open’

Feb 21
Elise Ann Allen