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Pope returns to Gemelli hospital for tests, Vatican says

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Pope returns to Gemelli hospital for tests, Vatican says

Mar. 29 2023
CINDY WOODEN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis went to Rome's Gemelli hospital March 29 for "some previously planned tests," the Vatican press office said, providing...

Catholic leaders express sorrow, outrage over dozens of migrants killed in fire

Mar. 29 2023
DAVID AGREN, OSV NEWS

MEXICO CITY (OSV News) -- A fire in a Mexican immigration detention center has claimed the lives of at least 38 migrants, who appeared to be abandoned...

Jesuit safeguarding expert steps down from papal commission

Mar. 29 2023
CAROL GLATZ, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has accepted Jesuit Father Hans Zollner's request to no longer be a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection...

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Nashville shooting was 'senseless act of violence,' pope says in telegram

Mar. 29 2023
CAROL GLATZ, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called the deadly shooting at a school in Nashville a "senseless act of violence" and prayed that the grieving families...

Praying for shooting victims as 'family of faith' is like 'an embrace' for community, Nashville bishop says at Mass

Mar. 28 2023
KATIE PETERSON, OSV NEWS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (OSV News) -- Nashville Bishop J. Mark Spalding celebrated the 5:30 p.m. Mass March 27 at the Cathedral of the Incarnation to pray for...

Diocesan officials call mass shooting at Nashville Presbyterian school 'sad, shocking,' urge prayers for victims, families

Mar. 28 2023
KATIE PETERSON, OSV NEWS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (OSV News) -- Officials of the Nashville Diocese called news of a morning mass shooting and loss of life at a private Christian school...