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

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

Pope Francis

“The Resignation of Popes Must Not Become a Fashion. It Hasn’t Gone Through My Head.” The Pontiff’s answers to Jesuits

Both in the Congo as well as in South Sudan the Jesuits Asked the Pope about a possible renunciation.

Feb 16, 2023 12:09

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church•Pope Francis

A Demos Survey Reveals that Pope Francis Is the Most Popular Personality in Italy, but His Percentage Has Decreased after 10 Years of Pontificate

According to the same survey, 20% of Italians go to church at least once a week.

Feb 14, 2023 23:53

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Interview•Popes

Benedict’s Death Has Been Exploited, Says Pope Francis

“Those who exploit such a good person, such a man of God, I would say a holy Father of the Church, well, I would say that they are unethical people, they are people belonging to a party, not to the Church,” said the Holy Father.

Feb 06, 2023 06:42

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Church and World•Justice and Peace•Pope Francis

Pope Speaks Again of Homosexuality, Recountss Experience and Surprises Non-Catholic Press

Non-Catholic media’s sensibility has concentrated on this controversial subject of interest and, in some cases, has presented the Pope’s answer as revolutionary. Nicole Winfield, AP’s correspondent in the Vatican, asked the Pope the question in the context of an interview.

Jan 25, 2023 13:50

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Americans Rate the Clergy Positively: Seventh Among the Most Ethical and Honest Professions

Gallup, the American analytics and advisory company based in Washington, D.C., first measured the honesty and ethics of professions in 1976 and has updated the data annually since 1990.

Jan 13, 2023 15:28

Jorge Enrique Mújica

After WYD, Pope receives Portuguese Prime Minister at Vatican

During the cordial discussions at the Secretariat of State, they appreciated the effective collaboration in the organization of World Youth Day and the visit of His Holiness to Portugal from August 2 to 6, 2023

Pope attends surprise meeting of priests in Rome area where murders have occurred

Pope Francis chose to visit this prefecture because two serious events have recently occurred here: Michelle Maria Causo and Rossella Nappini were murdered in recent months.