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Pope Francis delivers the Sunday Angelus from the window of his study overlooking St. Peter's Square, Jan. 28, 2024. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Feb 26, 2024 / 06:09 am (CNA).The Holy See Press Office on Monday announced that Pope Francis's audiences for the day had been suspended as a precautionary measure due to the Holy Father's persisting flu symptoms. The Monday morning telegram sent out by the Vatican noted that while the pope's "mild flu symptoms persist," he did not have a fever. The Holy See Press Office did not provide further details on the pope's condition, nor hint at whether he would continue with his activities for the week. On Saturday the 87-year-old pontiff had canceled his meeting with the transitional deacons of the Diocese of Rome, who will be ordained to the priesthood in April, due to  "a mild flu-like condition."However on Sunday the pope appeared in good form when he delivered his weekly Angelus address to the faithful gath...
Archbishop Andrzej Dziega of Szczecin-Kamien, Poland. / Credit: Wikimedia CommonsRome Newsroom, Feb 26, 2024 / 00:01 am (CNA).Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Polish Archbishop Andrzej Dziega, who has faced allegations that he ignored abuse cases in Poland.Neither the Apostolic Nunciature of Poland, which announced the resignation on Feb. 24, nor the Holy See Press Office provided a reason for Dziega's resignation. The 71-year-old prelate, who has led the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamien since 2009, will not turn 75, the age at which canon law requires a bishop to submit his resignation to the pope, until 2027.Dziega published a two-page resignation letter on Feb. 24 in which he apologized to his "brother priests," saying, "if my weaknesses, including incomplete understanding of specific circumstances, and sometimes even my ordinary human fatigue became the cause of your anxiety, I am sorry." The archbishop said he was resigning due to "a radical weaken...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Like a giant Tinkertoy construction, a skeletal tower of scaffolding slowly inched its way up the twisting bronze columns of the baldachin over the main altar of St. Peter's Basilica.  Workers are erecting metal scaffolding around the 100-foot-tall baldachin over the main altar in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 21, 2024. (CNS photo/Robert Duncan)Workers on the ground picked through piles of shiny metal platforms, poles, clamps and couplers to then hoist them up high with pulleys to their workmates above. They had begun erecting the scaffolding after Mass on Ash Wednesday Feb. 14 and it reached almost halfway by Feb. 21.The 100-foot-tall baldachin was set to be completely covered by metal scaffolding before Easter to allow a team of 10 to 12 restorers to start cleaning, repairing and revitalizing the masterpiece designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1624 and completed around 1633.The biggest problem facing the restorers "is getting there, that is, to be...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The media and social networks can be crueler than wild beasts, the preacher of the papal household told top Vatican officials and Vatican employees."When they point out the distortions of society or of the church," he said, then "they deserve all the respect and esteem," Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa said Feb. 23, offering his first Lenten meditation of 2024 in the Paul VI Audience Hall.But there should be no praise when "they attack someone out of bias, simply because he does not belong to their side" or when they are driven by "malice and with destructive, rather than constructive, intent," the Capuchin friar said.  Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the papal household, presents a Lenten meditation for members of the Roman Curia and Vatican employees in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican in this file photo from Feb. 26, 2021. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)The reflection came after Pope Francis and members of the Roman Curia suspended their usual ac...
WASHINGTON - As Russia's war against Ukraine enters its third year, the need for humanitarian assistance has greatly increased to help the millions of Ukrainians impacted by violence and destruction. People are struggling to survive in the cold winter with little food, heat, or shelter, said Bishop A. Elias Zaidan of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon. As chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace, he urged the U.S. government to provide more aid immediately to alleviate the suffering of Ukrainians. Bishop Zaidan also expressed concern at Russia's targeting of religious communities in Ukraine, destroying churches, arresting religious leaders, some of whom have been tortured and killed."The magnitude of the suffering in the Ukrainian conflict continues to sear the conscience of the faithful. According to a UN report, the number of civilians killed and injured since February 2022 exceeds 30,000. Schools, hospitals, apartm...
Pope Francis waves to pilgrims in St. Peter's Square on Feb. 25, 2024, during his weekly Angelus reflection. The pope canceled his audiences the day before due to mild flu conditions, according to the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Feb 25, 2024 / 09:55 am (CNA).A day after canceling his audiences due to what the Vatican called a "mild flu-like condition," Pope Francis appeared in good form during his weekly Angelus address Sunday, marking the second anniversary of the war in Ukraine with a call for peace while urging the faithful to "never direct your eyes away from the light of Jesus." "How many victims, injuries, destruction, anguish, tears in a period that is becoming terribly long and of which the end is not yet in sight," the pope said about the war, which began with Russia's invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, adding that the conflict has "unleash[ed] a global wave of fear and hatred." "While I renew my deepest affection for the tormented Ukrainian people and...
Pope Francis delivers an address during his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 14, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican MediaWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 24, 2024 / 07:46 am (CNA).Pope Francis canceled his public appearances on Saturday due to a mild flu, the Vatican has said.The Holy See Press Office released a short statement announcing the cancellation on Saturday morning without further details."Due to a mild flu-like condition, as a precautionary measure, the pope has canceled the audiences scheduled for today," the Feb. 24 statement said.The cancellation comes after Pope Francis concluded a five-day Lenten retreat at his Vatican residence in which all of his regular activities were suspended from the afternoon of Feb. 18 to Feb. 23.The 87-year-old pope has slowed down his schedule with less international travel since he underwent abdominal surgery last June to repair an incisional hernia. Francis canceled a trip to Dubai in December after...
Technician does control check of the in vitro fertilization process using a microscope. / Credit: ShutterstockCNA Staff, Feb 23, 2024 / 17:50 pm (CNA).An Alabama Supreme Court decision that established the personhood of frozen embryos drew praise from pro-life groups. The possible wider effects of the decision, meanwhile, remain shrouded in uncertainty. The state Supreme Court ruled that frozen human embryos constitute children under state statute, a decision that could have wide-reaching effects on in vitro fertilization treatments.The nine-judge court said in the 8-1 ruling that the state's Wrongful Death of a Minor Act is "sweeping and unqualified" and that its provisions extend to children "regardless of their location.""It applies to all children, born and unborn, without limitation," the ruling said. "It is not the role of this court to craft a new limitation based on our own view of what is or is not wise public policy."The court's decision came about as part o...
The National Eucharistic Revival recleased a detailed map of the upcoming pilgrimage routes ahead of the National Eucharistic Congress. / Credit: National Eucharistic RevivalWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 23, 2024 / 18:25 pm (CNA).The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage released a schedule of all the stops along the four pilgrimage routes planned across the country and ending at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis this July. The stops, which were announced by organizers on Thursday, include shrines, cathedrals, parishes, cultural sites, and parks.  At the stops, the faithful in the area will have the chance to join in the national event by participating in Mass, adoration, devotions, praise and worship, and fellowship as well as have opportunities to accompany the Eucharist on the streets as part of the pilgrimage.Tim Glemkowski, CEO of the National Eucharistic Congress, Inc., said that "a cross-country pilgrimage of this scale has never been attempted ...
Monsignor Moïse Tinguiano was appointed bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Boké in Guinea on Feb. 22, 2024. / Credit: Conakry ArchdioceseRome Newsroom, Feb 23, 2024 / 13:40 pm (CNA).Pope Francis on Thursday erected the new Diocese of Boké in the West African country of Guinea, with the new bishopric coming from territory previously under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Conakry. According to the figures provided by the Holy See Press Office, in the new diocese the total population sits at 1,153,909, of which 10,225 are Catholic. There will be six parishes, 11 diocesan priests, one religious priest, four seminarians, and 12 religious sisters. Leading the new diocese will be Monsignor Moïse Tinguiano, who has served as the parish priest of the Church of St. Augustin de Taouyah in Conakry since 2018.Tinguiano was born on Dec. 11, 1977, and undertook his priestly studies at the minor seminary of St. John XXIII in Kindia. He went on to study philosophy and theolo...
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