Month: March 2025

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After one full month of being hospitalized and treated for double pneumonia and other respiratory infections, Pope Francis’ medical condition has decidedly stabilized, the Vatican press office said. Despite his “complex” medical situation, there has been no significant change for the past few days so doctors caring for the pope at…

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Four weeks after Pope Francis was hospitalized and one day after the 12th anniversary of the pope’s election, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, celebrated a Mass for the pope with ambassadors accredited to the Holy See. “We gather in prayer this morning with the intention of the health of…

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(James Day/National Catholic Register) — The maestro was a man of routine. Besides not talking much about his work, which consisted of some of the most memorable film scores in movie history, he was a quiet man of prayer. Every … Continue reading → The post Ennio Morricone’s Final Masterpiece: A Mass for the Pope…

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New Hampshire has been one of the states whose educational freedom has been heralded as ground-breaking and a model for other states. The article below, reposted under a Creative Commons deed, is courtesy of the New Hampshire Bulletin. Other coverage: … Continue reading → The post New Hampshire: Pro-Family, Pro-Student ‘Educational Freedom Accounts’ Successfully Expanded…

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(Calvin Freiburger/LifeSiteNews) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ordered a temporary halt to federal funding to the University of Maine System (UMS) over Democrat Gov. Janet Mills’ defiance of new federal rules conditioning such funds on reserving female-specific school … Continue reading → The post Trump admin pauses federal funding for Maine universities over…

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(CV NEWS FEED) —  Following the outbreak of violence in northwest Syria against minorities including Alawites and Christians, the Carmelite nuns in Aleppo have spoken out saying that a genocide is taking place, according to a March 11 X post from … Continue reading → The post Syria: Aleppo Carmelites Decry ‘a crime against humanity —…

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Among many, the ideologies of new age, new thought, and even the occult evoke associations of mental health and body-spirit integration. They’re seen as methods leading to being “in tune” with the earth or the universe. Many recognize the level of spiritualism associated with the ideologies but deem them good or helpful; to others, they’re…

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In the first part of this series I introduced the brief prayer, doce me passionem Tuam—teach me Your suffering—a simple aspiration to our Lord that we can repeat many times a day. I explained how this prayer turns our gaze away from our own sufferings and towards the suffering of Christ, which, paradoxically, can liberate…

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Reading I Ezekiel 18:21-28 Thus says the Lord GOD: If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he committed,      if he keeps all my statutes and does what is right and just,     he shall surely live, he shall not die.  None of the crimes he committed shall be remembered against him;…

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis spent the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy undergoing physiotherapy at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, but he was well enough to celebrate it in little ways. Along with the health care workers treating him, the pope — who has been hospitalized for nearly a month — had a…

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