Pope Francis

Francis opens his heart and asks for prayer to fulfill his mission

In The Pope Video of November, Francis reveals that “being Pope is also a process” and he asks to pray for the Pope “whoever he might be, today it is my turn, may receive the help of the Holy Spirit.” The Pope Video turns into a moving confession in which Francis emphasizes that “the fact that someone is Pope doesn’t mean they lose their humanity,” and acknowledges that the faithful people’s prayer “give me strength.”

Oct 31, 2023 23:24

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

The Synod, Women and the Temptation of Arithmetic

To the “yes” or the “no” test, the role of women in the Church is confirmed as a divisive topic including in the Synod. While the homosexual question doesn’t take off and the atmosphere changes (perhaps) as egards the fight against abuses.

Oct 31, 2023 19:18

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians

How Does the Conflict Between Israel and Palestine Affect Christians?

The majority of the baptized are Arab Palestinians, although there are [also] thousands of labourers, students, Religious and priests of different countries

Oct 31, 2023 19:10

ZENIT Staff

Church and World•Vatican City

National Vocation Awareness Week Invites the Faithful to Pray for an Increase in Vocations in the United States

Beginning in 1976, the U.S. bishops designated the 28th Sunday of the year as an opportunity for the Catholic Church in the United States to renew its prayerful support for those discerning an ecclesial vocation.

Oct 30, 2023 23:26

ZENIT Staff

Church and World•Vatican City

Iranian Foreign Minister calls Pope’s representative over situation in Gaza

The phone call comes shortly after the Pope had received phone calls on the same issue from the Turkish President and the U.S. President.

Oct 30, 2023 23:21

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

The new bishop of Helsinki and the challenges facing one of the world’s smallest dioceses

Ramón Goyarrola was recently appointed Bishop of Helsinki by Pope Francis. Several media have echoed the story of this priest of Opus Dei, who has been living in Finland for almost twenty years.

Oct 30, 2023 23:19

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land

[Photographs] Moving procession and Stations of the Cross by Catholics in Jerusalem calling for peace

The moving procession along the 14 stations that run between the Sanctuary of the Flagellation and the Holy Sepulcher took place on a particular day: the day chosen by Pope Francis for fasting, prayer and penance for peace in the Holy Land.

Oct 30, 2023 23:17

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope’s Homily At the Closing of The Synod, “To Adore God and Love Brothers: This Is The Reform

The Holy Father’s homily during the closing Mass of the Synod on Synodality, held in the Vatican Basilica

Oct 29, 2023 23:07

ZENIT Staff

Angelus•Pope Francis

Do I Feel God’s Love and Am I Grateful to Him? Asks Pope Francis in Regard to Sunday’s Gospel

The Holy Father’s Angelus address on Sunday, October 29, 2023

Oct 29, 2023 23:04

ZENIT Staff

Church and World•Pope Francis

On Ukraine and Israel, Pope exclaims «Hold your fire! Stop, brothers and sisters!»

The Pope also had a few words for those affected by the hurricane in Acapulco, Mexico.

Oct 29, 2023 00:06

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Dicasteries•Protection of vulnerable people

In Face of the Rupnik Case, Vatican Commission Expresses Concern Over the Insufficiencies of Disciplinary Processes

Statement of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Oct 27, 2023 20:29

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis•Protection of vulnerable people

Rupnik Case: Pope Lifts Prescription and Reopens Investigation Against Former Jesuit

The Holy Father has entrusted the task of reinvestigating the case to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, one day after a Slovak Bishop communicated the incardination of the former Jesuit Religious

Oct 27, 2023 20:27

ZENIT Staff