Pope Francis

Pope Talks About Possession and the Devil in a Book entitled “Exorcists Against Satan”

In the book, Pope Francis talks about the controversial issue of exorcisms and demons.

Apr 12, 2023 04:31

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Church and World•Rome

World Ranking of Best Universities to Study Theology. No Roman Pontifical Universities Are Listed

The Ranking Shows that the United States is the best country in which to study Catholic Theology.

Mar 28, 2023 03:22

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Church and World•Justice and Peace

How Are Good Friday’s Alms Allocated? Here Is the Data

The Church has also managed the alms of all Catholics who contribute them on Good Friday, subsidizing school activity.

Mar 27, 2023 08:16

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

USA: Catholics At The Top of Religions That Inspire Positive Sentiments Among the People in General

The Jews also enjoy a good reputation, despite the fact that their percentage in relation to the total American population is so low.

Mar 16, 2023 09:36

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Church and World•Pope Francis

Pope Francis Intercedes from the Vatican for Russian Orthodox in Ukraine

Asked by Patriarch Kirill, Francis speaks from Saint Peter’s Square.

Mar 15, 2023 04:27

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion

[Analysis] A Very Coordinated Campaign Against John Paul II Using Abuses as Pretext

A TV program, a book with accusations against Saint John Paul II. Two reactions of Polish Bishops. And an initial analysis by ZENIT’s Editorial Director with some background reflections.

Mar 09, 2023 14:38

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Art and Culture

Vatican Gives Greece Three Fragments of Athens’ Parthenon Kept in Its Museums

“The most important value of this act is, once again, to see how the Roman Pontiff ‘s art collections become a privileged point of friendship between peoples, religions, Churches, overcoming all barriers,” said Cardinal Fernando Vérgez during the handover ceremony.

Mar 07, 2023 14:14

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Vatican City

By Order of the Pope, Will Cardinals and Bishops Pay for the Apartments Where They Live in the Vatican?

Among its most important points, a rescript orders, in the name of the Supreme Pontiff, that a property cannot be enjoyed in the Vatican for free or in favourable conditions, including if one is a Cardinal or works as an ecclesiastic for the Holy See.

Feb 28, 2023 16:04

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Dicasteries•Rome

The Current State of Ecclesiastical Universities in Rome: Numbers, History and Formative Offer

Almost 16,000 students, the majority of them men religious, nuns, seminarians and priests, study in one of the 22 Pontifical Institutions that are in the City of Rome and depend on the Vatican.

Feb 26, 2023 18:45

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Art and Culture•Pope Francis

Films for Lent? These Are the Two the Pope’s Watched on the Last Weekend of February

One on Mother Cabrini and the other a documentary on the invasion of Ukraine.

Feb 26, 2023 18:07

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Church and World•Vatican City

Oman: New Country with Which the Vatican Establishes Diplomatic Relations

With this new diplomatic agreement, the Holy See now has bilateral relations with 184 countries (with 182 if Palestine and the Order of Malta are left out, as they have special relations). Oman was one of the Muslim countries with which the Holy See did not have diplomatic relations. 

Feb 23, 2023 22:39

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Francis

Pope Francis Reiterates Rules Related to the 1970 Missal and Clergy with That Liturgical Sensibility

Through Cardinal Artur Roche, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Pope Francis confirmed some rules reserved to the Holy See in a Rescript made public on February 21.

Feb 21, 2023 14:16

Jorge Enrique Mújica