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Pope Francis had a peaceful night in the hospital as he was being treated with oxygen, the Vatican said Sunday, following a respiratory scare a day earlier that prompted Catholics worldwide to pray for the pontiff.

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Pope Francis suffered a respiratory crisis that required he be placed on oxygen, the Vatican said on Saturday, as the pontiff remains in critical condition at Rome's Gemelli Hospital.

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The Associated Press' influential stylebook has become a flash point in the culture wars of President Donald Trump's dystopian America, in a dispute arising from a gimmicky cartographic executive order.

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Pope Francis continues to improve and the 88-year old pontiff remains without fever and with a well-functioning heart, as he carries on his hospital recovery from double pneumonia.

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Whether Trumpism will implode or liberal democracy will implode, the moral responsibilities of a Catholic acting in the political realm are the same, says Michael Sean Winters. www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

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As Trump's comments about taking over the Gaza Strip show, the words change but empire's logic of domination does not. But if we are to follow Jesus, our lives must bear witness to a different kingdom.

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The Department of Education is threatening the federal funding of any school, including Catholic ones, that considers race in any aspect of student life. Already, 185 students are losing scholarship money from a canceled $6.8 million grant that attempted to address teacher shortages in Minnesota.

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Pope Francis is in stable condition and his blood tests indicate a slight improvement, as the 88-year-old pontiff continues to battle pneumonia in hospital

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Catholic bishops sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its abrupt halt to funding of refugee resettlement, calling the action unlawful and harmful to newly arrived refugees and to the nation’s largest private resettlement program.

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The lung infection that forced Pope Francis into the longest hospital stay of his papacy likely is related to problems he has suffered because of the partial removal of his right lung when he was in his 20s, said a top pulmonary specialist in Rome.

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A federal district judge ordered late last week for the funding freeze to pause temporarily and gave the White House until Feb. 18 to comply. Despite that order, JRS has not seen its funding resume, an agency official told National Catholic Reporter. www.ncronline.org/news/trumps-...

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BREAKING: Pope Francis has been diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs and his latest laboratory tests and chest X-rays continue to reveal a "complex" medical picture, according to a Feb. 18 Vatican statement.

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A diverted trip, a grounded flight and an unexpected stay in Canada showed that "Jesus ... is in charge, not us," said Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York in a Feb. 15 homily.

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Vital humanitarian activities that Jesuit Refugee Service leads in nine countries remain in jeopardy, the organization says, even after a judge's order to temporarily lift the Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid.

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Can you imagine if Barron advocated for the poor who will suffer throughout the world as passionately as he railed against feminism in "Star Wars"? www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

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In this episode of John Dear's "The Nonviolence of Jesus" podcast, Dear sits down with Sr. Joan Chittister to unpack the Beatitudes as bold, countercultural ways of living that challenge systems of power.

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When confronted with a perceived slight to his brand of Catholicism, Bishop Robert Barron is quick to post on social media. But when it comes to those on the margins, his alleged prophetic voice is conspicuously silent, says NCR digital editor John Grosso.

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Pope Francis' treatment for a respiratory tract infection "will require adequate hospitalization" to treat what the Vatican is now describing as a "complex clinical picture."

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In sacred Scripture, God's people are often on the move. The Bible shows us migration isn't just about survival, it's about grace and divine reciprocity between people and the land.

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Pope Francis on Feb. 14 was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital for testing and treatment of his ongoing bronchitis, which has plagued the 88-year-old pontiff in recent weeks.

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Faith groups have long received government grants to feed the hungry, respond to disasters and assist those in need, but recent comments from Trump administration officials have cast such grants in a bad light.

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Pope Francis offered a paragraph of catechesis to Vice President JD Vance, whose foray into medieval theology was sophomoric. Call it Hillbilly theology.

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Heidi, Daniel and David discuss how attacks on USAID affect charities and NGOs; they look at the vice president's theological comments; Heidi interviews Charlene Howard, the new executive director of Pax Christi USA.

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"My sincere hope is that the Catholics in the Trump Administration will speak up now to dial back on these policies and other policies that are so contrary to our faith," Schneck said in an email interview. "I pray their Catholic faith guides them to mercy."

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The Vatican-White House exchange is nearly unprecedented in modern history. bit.ly/3WX23Io

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Wage theft — including but not limited to cutting breaks short, refusing to pay overtime and confiscating tips — can and must be curtailed by union organizing, the centerpiece of modern Catholic teaching on labor.

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"If Trump believes that right-wing Catholics are a Trumpian Catholic Church, the pope of Rome tells him 'go ahead, make my day,' " said Melloni of Francis' letter.

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While not mentioning Vance directly by name, Francis used his Feb. 11 letter to directly reject that interpretation of Catholic theology. bit.ly/3ELS2Yc

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The pope's letter, published by the Vatican in both English and Spanish, offered his solidarity with U.S. bishops who are engaged in migration advocacy and draws a parallel between Jesus' own experience as a migrant and the current geopolitical situation. www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...

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Pope Francis on Feb. 11 tapped Arizona's Bishop Edward Weisenburger as the new archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, appointing a staunch defender of migrants and an environmental advocate to lead one of the historic centers of American Catholicism.

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Pope Francis has written a sweeping letter to the U.S. bishops decrying the "major crisis" triggered by President Donald Trump's mass deportation plans and explicitly rejecting Vice President J.D. Vance's attempts to use Catholic theology to justify the administration's immigration crackdown.

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Cardinal McElroy decried the White House crackdown on undocumented immigrants as a "war of fear and terror," speaking at a service on Sunday just days after federal cuts forced the U.S. bishops’ conference to lay off 50 employees in its migrant resettlement office. www.ncronline.org/news/cardina...

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The head of the Catholic Church's global charity arm has blasted the Trump administration's decision to gut foreign aid as "reckless" and lamented that it will likely "kill millions of people and condemn hundreds of millions more to lives of dehumanizing poverty." bit.ly/4175kYd

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The move comes as the Trump administration suspended a federal refugee resettlement program as part of its broader effort to enforce its hardline immigration policies.

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"This is the antithesis of being Christian," he said. "They're losing the funding of Catholic Charities."

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The head of the Catholic Church's global charity arm has blasted the Trump administration's decision to gut foreign aid as "reckless" and lamented that it will likely "kill millions of people and condemn hundreds of millions more to lives of dehumanizing poverty."

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Catholic Relief Services is facing the most serious existential threat in its history in light of proposed federal funding cuts. bit.ly/4hEmEt4

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Sunday Mass attendance in person at Catholic churches in the U.S. is back to pre-pandemic levels — although just under one quarter of the nation's Catholics are in the pews on a regular weekly basis.

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The international relief organization founded by U.S. bishops in 1983 is in crisis after sweeping foreign aid cuts by the Trump administration. The bishops' conference did not respond to a request to comment.

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It is time for complicit Catholics, in particular, to stop aiding and abetting cruelty by asserting that the Trump Administration is in any way pro-life. It is not. bit.ly/42MfKOa

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Cruelty this truly is, with no other apparent motive than to demean others and to save what amounts to a paltry sum in federal spending. For those of us in the Catholic community, cruelty should be especially alarming. And a call to action.

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The Trump administration's effort to shutter USAID "is getting in the way of us being an influence of good and showing Christ's love in a tangible and practical way," one person attending the rally told NCR.

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Catholic Relief Services is bracing for massive cuts — as much as 50% this year — because of draconian reductions in U.S. foreign assistance ordered by the Trump administration, according to an internal email from the chief executive of the organization. www.ncronline.org/news/exclusi...

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Catholic Relief Services is bracing for massive cuts — as much as 50% this year — because of draconian reductions in U.S. foreign assistance ordered by the Trump administration, according to an internal email from the chief executive of the organization. www.ncronline.org/news/exclusi...

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Exclusive: Catholic Relief Services is bracing for massive cuts — as much as 50% this year — because of draconian reductions in U.S. foreign assistance ordered by the Trump administration, according to an internal email from the chief executive of the international relief organization.

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Sr. Leticia Gutiérrez, director of the El Paso Diocese's Hospitality Ministry for Migrants, shares how the Scalabrinian sisters and lay volunteers support migrants entering the U.S. through treacherous mountain routes.

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Vice President Vance, and the policies he is defending, does not start with grace and gratitude. He is not just ethically wrong. He doesn't understand the Catholic faith to which he converted, and he is not alone.

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Vice President JD Vance attacked the bishops for this resettlement program. Here's a success story: Leela Kuikel went from South Asian refugee to CEO of several U.S. companies. bit.ly/4gxlKxj

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Where to find a Catholic Black History Month event (and drive Elon Musk crazy)... via @natemup.com and @ncronline.bsky.social ... #Black #Catholic #BlackHistoryMonth www.ncronline.org/news/where-f...

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