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Update: Pope Francis, in stable condition, is doing ‘active motor therapy’
By Gerard O’Connell | America: The Jesuit Review
March 5, 4 p.m. EST: Pope Francis remains in stable condition in Rome Hospital
Pope Francis remains in stable condition without any further episodes of respiratory insufficiency, according to a reassuring medical update from his doctors in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, the Vatican said around 7:30 p.m. on this Ash Wednesday, March 5.
New chapel dedicated for Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Student Center at Howard University
By Nicole Olea | Catholic Standard
On Feb. 27, the Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Student Center in the LeDroit Park neighborhood near Howard University celebrated the dedication of its new chapel, marking a milestone for the Catholic community at the campus. Cardinal Wilton Gregory, apostolic administrator of The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, was the principal celebrant of the Mass, and Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop emeritus of Washington, served as the principal concelebrant.
Also concelebrating the Mass were Msgr. Eddie Tolentino, pastor of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Silver Spring and a Howard University alumnus; Msgr. James Watkins, pastor of St. Ann Parish in Washington, D.C.; and Father Patrick Smith, pastor of St. Augustine Parish in Washington, D.C.
Pope Francis experiences two new episodes of acute respiratory failure in hospital
By Christopher White | Vatican Correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter
Pope Francis experienced two episodes of acute respiratory failure on March 3 and had to resume receiving oxygen through a ventilator as he continues his battle with double pneumonia.
“Today, the Holy Father presented two episodes of acute respiratory failure, caused by significant accumulation of endobronchial mucus and consequent bronchospasm,” said a Vatican bulletin released at almost 7 p.m. local time on Monday.
The Catholic Church of Philadelphia has begun a months-long commemoration to mark the 25th anniversary of the canonization of St. Katharine Drexel, who was born in Philadelphia, and whose resting place is accessible to all who come to Center City at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.
On Monday, March 3 – her feast day, and 70 years after her death in 1955 – the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul was the setting for a Mass to start the 25th anniversary celebration of the canonization of the only Catholic saint born in the Delaware Valley.