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3 days ago | 
catholiceducation.org | AC Wimmer |John Cuddeback |George Weigel
France’s Catholic Church will welcome more than 10,384 adult catechumens at Easter this year, marking a 45% increase from 2024 figures, according to data released by the French Bishops’ Conference. The French report reveals the highest numbers ever recorded since the survey began over 20 years ago. Even more striking is the demographic shift — young adults now constitute the largest segment of converts.
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1 week ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | AC Wimmer |Carl Olson
Vatican updates rules for Mass intentions, permits collective offerings under strict conditions By AC Wimmer for CNA Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik, prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy, celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for Korean Catholics before the statue of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn was blessed by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, on Sept. 16, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNACNA Newsroom, Apr 13, 2025 / 14:50 pm (CNA).
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1 week ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | AC Wimmer |Carl Olson
Pope Francis calls on university students to proclaim Christ’s Gospel By AC Wimmer for CNA Pope Francis greets visitors at his general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaCNA Newsroom, Apr 12, 2025 / 05:34 am (CNA). Pope Francis encouraged university students linked to Opus Dei to share “the Gospel of Jesus Christ, dead and risen” with everyone during this jubilee year in a message to participants of an international congress in Rome.
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | AC Wimmer |George Weigel
The sickbed as a holy place: Pope Francis reflects on his own illness at Jubilee of Sick By AC Wimmer for CNA Pope Francis at the Jubilee of the Sick in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, April 6, 2025, wearing nasal cannulas for supplemental oxygen as he continues recovering from bilateral pneumonia. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN NewsCNA Newsroom, Apr 6, 2025 / 07:32 am (CNA).
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | AC Wimmer |Carl Olson
Pope appoints Bishop John Sherrington as new Liverpool archbishop in England By AC Wimmer for CNA Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool, England / Chowells / Wikimedia (CC BY 2.5)CNA Newsroom, Apr 5, 2025 / 07:36 am (CNA). Pope Francis has appointed Bishop John Sherrington as the new Archbishop of Liverpool. Sherrington replaces Archbishop Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P., who submitted his resignation after serving the archdiocese since 2014.
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1 month ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | AC Wimmer |Carl Olson
Pope Francis makes first public appearance in weeks By AC Wimmer for CNA Pope Francis waves from a balcony at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Sunday, March 23, 2025, following weeks of hospitalization for bilateral pneumonia. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNACNA Newsroom, Mar 23, 2025 / 07:04 am (CNA). Shortly before his expected release on Sunday, Pope Francis spoke about his long period of hospitalization during his Angelus address. The moment marked his first public engagement in weeks.
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1 month ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | AC Wimmer |Nick Olszyk
Pope Francis to offer window blessing from Gemelli hospital this Sunday By AC Wimmer for CNA A makeshift shrine with devotional candles, flowers, and images of Pope Francis appears outside Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Feb. 22, 2025 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNACNA Newsroom, Mar 22, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).
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1 month ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | AC Wimmer |Paul Kengor
Vatican announces plans for 2028 Church post-synodal assembly By AC Wimmer for CNA Pope Francis addresses bishops gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican for the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Oct. 27, 2024. (Credit: Vatican Media)CNA Newsroom, Mar 15, 2025 / 10:15 am (CNA).
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2 months ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | AC Wimmer |George Weigel
CNA explains: What’s at stake for Catholics in Germany’s 2025 election? By AC Wimmer for CNA The Reichstag building in Berlin, where the Bundestag meets. / Credit: jan zeschky via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)CNA Newsroom, Feb 21, 2025 / 14:10 pm (CNA). As German voters prepare for federal elections on Feb. 23, the country’s Catholics find themselves navigating unprecedented divisions on issues that cut to the heart of Church teaching, from migration policy to gender ideology and the protection of life.
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2 months ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | AC Wimmer |Carl Olson
Pope Francis ‘peaceful’ after first night in Rome hospital By AC Wimmer for CNA A view of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital where Pope Francis was delivered Feb. 14, 2025, to receive treatment for bronchitis. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNACNA Newsroom, Feb 15, 2025 / 05:53 am (CNA). Pope Francis had a “peaceful night” and read several newspapers Saturday morning following his admission to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for bronchitis, according to the Vatican. “The Holy Father had a good night’s sleep.
