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•Local Church

Germany: Make Use of Abuse to Change Doctrine

A Report on sexual abuses in the German Evangelical Church (GEC), presented on January 25, 2024, cast doubt on the principle of the “Catholic” German Synodal Way, on which the reforms were based

Feb 29, 2024 23:57

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Francis

Pope’s health again: two days of cancelled audiences

During December 2023 and January 2024, Pope Francis refrained from delivering speeches, publicly citing the flu. A first impression might suggest that he never fully recovered.

Feb 26, 2024 01:44

Jorge Enrique Mújica

From Rome

Vatican Chronicles: Pope Francis, His Real Retreat, News About Rupnik and the German Schism that Didn’t Happen

The week of February 19-25, 2024.

Feb 25, 2024 13:06

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Dicasteries•Local Church•Pope Francis

Pope Averts Schism in Germany: Full Text of Vatican Letter

The Synodal Council, already banned by the Pope in January 2023, had the mission of constituting itself as a consultative and decision-making body capable of making decisions above the dioceses and thus supplanting the personal authority of each bishop in the entrusted territory. The letter of three cardinals on behalf of the Pope managed to stop what would have been a de facto schism or at least a serious act of disobedience.

Feb 20, 2024 13:07

Jorge Enrique Mújica

From Rome

Vatican Chronicles: Pope Francis and His Role in Mexico’s Presidential Elections, Milei the Repentant, and New Dispositions for the Synod on Synodality

Week of February 12-18, 2024

Feb 19, 2024 00:38

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Francis•Vatican Diplomacy

Mexican presidential candidate, Xóchitl Gálvez, in audience with the Pope (Claudia Sheinbaum also, but later)

According to NMAS correspondent Valentina Alazraki, this week the Pope will receive Claudia Sheinbaum, the other candidate for the Mexican presidency.

Feb 14, 2024 14:04

Jorge Enrique Mújica

From Rome

Vatican Chronicles: The Pope, Argentine President Milei’s Communion and Request for Priests’ Formation; Female Diaconate and the Way to Promote a Book

Week of February 5-11, 2024

Feb 12, 2024 23:17

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Pope Francis•Woman

Women Deaconesses? When Two Women Put Pope in Communication Problems

It had not happened in the past, when only the Pope and his Council of Cardinals met, that details about topics addressed were ventilated in a public way. Two individuals have done disservice not only to the great multitude of discreet women that are outside and inside the Church, but also to the Pontiff himself.

Feb 10, 2024 18:39

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Francis•Vatican City•Woman

Anglican «bishop» woman who spoke before the Pope: I was invited «to describe the Anglican way for women’s ordination.»

However, the Anglican «bishop’s» hope found a limit on Thursday, the 8th, by Pope Francis himself. In a speech to the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, the Pope once again made it clear about the role of women in the Church that «it cannot be reduced to mere ministerial roles.»

Feb 08, 2024 23:33

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Cardinals and Bishops•Rome

The Challenge of the Priest’s Loneliness Explained by the Cardinal Responsible for the Clergy Worldwide

Another of the findings identified by the Cardinal is that priests “need support.”

Feb 08, 2024 22:41

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Cardinals and Bishops•Pope Francis•Woman

Anglican «bishopess» before Pope and his Council of Cardinals to discuss role of women in the Church

Present at the meeting of the Council of Cardinals was Canadian Cardinal Gérald Lacroix, Archbishop of Quebec, who recently retired from public ministry after being accused of alleged abuse, which he denies.

Feb 05, 2024 23:36

Jorge Enrique Mújica

From Rome

Vatican Chronicles: A Week Between Tennis, Chinese, Jews, Gazan Children in Vatican Hospital, Celibacy and Validity of Sacraments

Week of january 29 to february 4, 2024

Feb 05, 2024 23:31

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope’s article in The New York Times: There Is Faith in Humor

“Generally, we priests tend to enjoy humor and even have a fair stock of jokes and amusing stories, which we are often quite good at telling, as well as being the object of them”, writes the Pope in the best-known newspaper in the United States

the Vatican formally launches his cause for beatification and canonization

The process of beatification of King Baudouin of Belgium officially begins: Vatican and Pope give their approval

In a statement released by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, it was confirmed that the process officially began on December 17, 2024, with the establishment of a historical commission. This panel, comprising leading experts in Belgian history and archival research, is tasked with gathering and evaluating documentation related to King Baudouin’s life and deeds.