Dicasteries•Vatican City

“Vatican Sports House” Opens, Headquarters of New “Sports Ministry”

Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, to whom in the recent (2022) Apostolic Constitution the Pope entrusted the area of sports, will bless and inaugurate the “Vatican Sports House” on Wednesday, September 20, at 6:30 pm.

Sep 11, 2023 00:15

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

Provocation at the Vatican? Russian artist intends to exhibit work on Vatican border

Valentina di Giorgio (ZENIT News / Rome, 09.11.2023).- His name is Andrei Molodkin, and he is Russian. He’s also referred to as an artist, but he practices a very particular form of art: protest art using human blood. He is planning to […]

Sep 11, 2023 00:08

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Testimonies

Successor of St. José María Escrivá on the verge of beatification after miracle in Mexico

The possible miracle consists in the speed and integrity of the recovery, without rehabilitation, of Juan Carlos Bisogno, who suffered a severe cranioencephalic traumatism, fracture with temporal collapse, pneumoencephalon and fracture of the middle floor, with the total absence of neurological and psychological sequelae.

Sep 11, 2023 00:08

ZENIT Staff

Angelus•Pope Francis

Pope Francis Explains Fraternal Correction

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, September 10, 2023

Sep 10, 2023 23:24

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace

USA: Request Made to Supreme Court to Lift Restrictions on Abortion Pill

Pro-life groups seek to ban mifepristone due to its long history of being unsafe.

Sep 10, 2023 22:08

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

Nigeria: Seminarian Burned Alive

The attackers aimed to kidnap the parish priest. When they failed in their attempt to enter the priest’s house, they set it on fire.

Sep 10, 2023 21:54

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope Talks to Bible Experts About Concerns of the Church Today

The Holy Father’s address to members of the Italian Biblical Association

Sep 09, 2023 23:28

ZENIT Staff

Rome•Testimonies

Document proves that nuns and religious in Rome saved 3,200 Jews during Nazi persecution

Lists of people who took refuge in religious institutes in Rome to flee Nazi-Fascist persecution found

Sep 07, 2023 22:30

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope Francis: two hours listening to Ukrainian bishops. He explained to them his words about Russia

During the meeting with the Greek Catholic Episcopate of Ukraine, the Pope expressed the wish that in October, particularly in the sanctuaries, the Rosary be dedicated to the prayer of the Rosary for and especially for peace in Ukraine.

Sep 06, 2023 22:51

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

India: Omission of religious persecution in Manipur conflict denounced

A catholic charity has strongly condemned narratives of the recent conflicts in Manipur which eliminate all mention of the religious dimension of the situation.

Sep 06, 2023 22:48

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Local Church

Catholic priests, with Vatican backing, make study visit to Orthodox Armenians

These study visits for young priests, organised annually since 2020 by the DPCU and the Oriental Orthodox Churches, aim to promote mutual understanding and fraternal relations.

Sep 05, 2023 17:04

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Rome

[From Rome] Pope Francis in Asia: A Trip to Mongolia to Evangelize with Messages for Russia and, Especially, for China

In the dialogue that the Pope seeks, be it with Russia or with China, is the imprint of evangelization. Imprint that, as he has underscored, isn’t proselytism, or, in other words: diplomacy from a new optic: pastoral care.

Sep 05, 2023 16:31

ZENIT Staff