Jorge Enrique Mújica, Author at ZENIT - English

Licenciado en filosofía por el Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum, de Roma, y “veterano” colaborador de medios impresos y digitales sobre argumentos religiosos y de comunicación. En la cuenta de Twitter: https://twitter.com/web_pastor, habla de Dios e internet y Church and media: evangelidigitalización."

Articles By Jorge Enrique Mújica

Church and World•Popes

Spain, Belgium, Bavaria Are the First Confirmed Delegations for Benedict XVI’s Funeral

Queen Sophia will head the Spanish delegation. The Polish President will also attend.

Jan 02, 2023 06:13

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Vatican City

What Would Happen or What Protocol Would Be Activated on the Death of Benedict XVI?

What would happen to the property of the Pope Emeritus? What protocol would be followed after Pope Benedict XVI died? What would happen to the house where he lived his last years and what would happen to the persons who accompanied him?

Dec 30, 2022 20:15

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Dicasteries•Pope Francis

In Two Years a Woman Could Be Head of a Dicastery, But of Which One?

The two possible Dicasteries in the Pope’s mind could be of the “Laity, Family and Life” and of “Integral Human Development.”

Dec 23, 2022 20:29

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Pope Francis

Did the Pope Submit a Renunciation? Text in English of Paul VI’s Renunciation

The renunciation to which the Pope alludes was submitted at the beginning of his Pontificate, that is, shortly after he was elected. However, it is a renunciation (the technical word is resignation) for a specific cause: impediment. Paul VI also wrote one, and we present it here, for the first time, in English.

Dec 22, 2022 15:22

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Pope Francis

Francis: The Pope Who Wept before the Virgin (and Before the Eyes of All)

What do the tears of a Pope say to us and why did they move us so much? Perhaps because the Holy Father has reflected, and without a script, something so close to the experience of many of us.

Dec 10, 2022 21:18

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church

Half a Million Catholics at Risk of Imminent Schism Due to the Liturgy

Seven months after the coming into force of the new Liturgy approved by the Catholic Siro-Malabar Synod, 460 priests and at least half a million Catholics demand that the liturgical form prior to the approved reform be considered a “liturgical variant.”

Nov 30, 2022 15:27

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Church and World•Interview

Vatican Secretary of State Gives Further Details on Renewal of Agreement with China

“On the delicate and important question of the appointment of Bishops, history teaches us that the Holy See has agreed to procedures that take into account a country’s particular conditions,” said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State.

Oct 25, 2022 14:14

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Dicasteries•Local Church•Rome•Vatican City

Opus Dei Convokes An Extraordinary General Congress Following the Pope’s Request for Reform

Given that it is an initiative of the Holy See, the Prelate of the Opus Dei has decidied that the General Congresses planned, to introduce changes in the Statutes, should not be held. Instead, with the favourable opinion of the Central Consultancy and the General Council, he has called for an Extraordinary General Congress.

Oct 06, 2022 14:29

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Church and World•Local Church

Bishop Leader of the German Synodal Path Threatens Cardinal Kurt Koch. Response

The President of the German Bishops threatens to accuse the Cardinal to the Pope. The Cardinal in question answers: “I cannot withdraw my critical question. I didn’t pose it out of “sheer fear that something would move” or with the intention to delegitimize, ”as Bishop Mätzing accuses me, but out of theological concern for the future of the Church in Germany. Because behind my question is the much more fundamental question of what is understood by “revelation.”

Oct 03, 2022 22:38

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church

Against the Pope’s Will, Belgian Bishops Led by Cardinal Jozef De Kesel Approve “Catholic Blessing” of Gay Couples

This decision is openly against the will of the Pope who, through the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a clarifying note in February of 2021, specifying that this type of blessing is not possible in the Catholic Church. The note states explicitly that Pope Francis gave his assent to its publication.

Sep 21, 2022 15:33

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church

United States: Official Synodal Synthesis Reflects Division and Hostility on the Issue of the Liturgy

Many felt that the differences on the way to celebrate the Liturgy “sometimes reach a level of hostility.” People on either side of the issue said they feel judged by those that differ from them.

Sep 20, 2022 18:56

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Dicasteries•Vatican City