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•Rome

In What Capacity Does Archbishop Charles Scicluna Speak about Discussing Celibacy for a Second Time?

Addressing the issue of celibacy, Monsignor Scicluna insisted for the second time on the discussion of the ecclesiastical law of celibacy, considering according to him that not having it would be a means to prevent some clergy from living a double life.

Feb 04, 2024 03:03

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Dicasteries

About the Abuse of the Sacraments for Pastoral Motives: A Call to Attention and a Brief Catechesis of the Holy See for Priests

Summary and context of the Note on the validity of the sacraments of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Feb 04, 2024 02:52

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Francis

Does the Pontiff Fear a Schism? Pope Francis Responds in Regard to“Gay Blessings”

This is the third time that Pope Francis publicly addresses the issue of blessings to irregular couples. The first was on January 14 in an interview on an Italian TV program and the second in the speech to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on the occasion of its plenary assembly.

Jan 30, 2024 23:03

Jorge Enrique Mújica

From Rome

Vatican Chronicles: Between Trips, Journalists, Fiducia Supplicans and Children Who Will Make Their First Communion

Week of Monday, January 22 to Sunday, January 28, 2024

Jan 29, 2024 14:26

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Francis

Vietnam, Polynesia, Canary Islands and Argentina: Pope Francis’ international travel agenda on the horizon

A television interview and two audiences, one with the president of the Canary Islands and the other with representatives of the Communist Party of Vietnam, offer clues to the Pope’s international travel plans for 2024.

Jan 23, 2024 02:08

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Dicasteries

Prefect of the Doctrine of the Faith, Christian Unity and Damaged Ecumenism

It is reasonable to think that the inclusion of Cardinal Fernández [in the Dicastery for Christian Unity], is in line with his ability to know better the sensibility of a broad sector of world Christianity, with which he is not familiar, and that enrichment will redound to the good of the Dicastery he heads.

Jan 23, 2024 01:43

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Pope Francis•Rome

Pope Francis on Too Many Ecclesiastical Universities in Rome and the Challenge of What to Do About It

What the Pope said at the beginning of 2024 is not something new. It’s a subject that is on his mind. He mentioned it also an address on February 25, 2023, to the academic communities of the Roman Pontifical Universities and Institutions.

Jan 15, 2024 17:51

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Francis•Rome

Pope Francis Speaks for the First Time on Blessings for Gay Couples

Pope’s statements during an Italian TV program

Jan 14, 2024 16:52

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Pope Francis

New Gallup Poll Shows Approval and Disapproval Levels of Pope Francis in the U.S.

Among U.S. Catholics, the Pontiff enjoys even higher esteem, with a 77% favorable rating. However, this number is also below the average for this group, and his disapproval rate has reached a new high of 17%.

Jan 14, 2024 00:55

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Vatican City

Vatican Announces Restoration of the Vatican Basilica’s Bernini’s Canopy, Financed by the Knights of Columbus

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti stressed that it’s the first systematic and complete restoration 250 years after the last restoration, and 400 years after the beginning of works for the embellishment of the canopy.

Jan 11, 2024 17:27

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Rome

The Order of Malta, the 113 countries with which it has relations and the value of religious diplomacy

As of early 2024, the Order of Malta maintains diplomatic relations with 113 countries. In the last 40 years, it has expanded its diplomatic relations from 42 in 1981 to the current 113.

Jan 10, 2024 00:46

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Jubilee 2025•Rome•Vatican City

This Will Be the Rome of the 2025 Jubilee: 5G in the Entire City and New Streets and Parking Lots Around the Vatican

Although Jubilees sink their origin in a Jewish tradition taken up by Christianity, it was Boniface VIII who was the first to call one in 1300. Since then, a Jubilee is celebrated every 25 years. The last ordinary Holy Year was convoked and concluded by Saint John Paul II in the Year 2000.

Jan 10, 2024 00:35

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.