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

Dec 22, 2024 18:01

ZENIT Staff

the Vatican formally launches his cause for beatification and canonization Photo: Gaeta.it

Lord George Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury

Vatican City

Vatican To Open Its First Daycare Center

This new service, inside the Pope’s City, will care for 30 children from 3 to 36 months old. It will open next Spring, Monday to Friday, from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm. The project is in response to a request of Vatican City’s lay employees.

Dec 17, 2024 07:40

Rafael Llanes

Vatican City

Vatican: judge Giuseppe Pignatone Retires Amid Controversy and Legacy of Vatican Judicial Reform

Judge Venerando Marano, appointed last year as Deputy President, will assume Pignatone’s role beginning January 1. This continuity aims to sustain the momentum of judicial reform and maintain transparency in the Vatican’s legal proceedings.

Dec 15, 2024 19:47

Valentina di Giorgio

Causes of Saints•Local Church•Pope Francis

Pope Blesses Temporary Translation of the Remains of Saint Lucy of Venice to Syracuse in Italy

The Saint, known as the protectress of sight and symbol of light in the midst of darkness, will return temporarily to the place where she was born and where, according to tradition, she offered her life for Christ.

Dec 15, 2024 06:47

Valentina di Giorgio

Pope Francis•Rome

The Pope’s Global Prayer Network has a new director: this is what the network looks like and does

An important part of the work of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network is the Pope’s Video, an innovative communication project launched in 2016. These videos, which feature the Holy Father himself, highlight a prayer intention every month. It is officially translated into 23 languages and adapted into at least 20 more, with a reach of over 22 million people globally.

Dec 13, 2024 13:54

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

Mary Magdalene in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Last Judgment fresco identified

Penco’s findings, which she plans to elaborate on in her forthcoming book, Mary Magdalene in Michelangelo’s Judgement, suggest that the artist’s depiction was a deliberate homage to the disciple’s spiritual significance. By placing her in such proximity to Christ, Michelangelo might have intended to elevate her role within the fresco’s narrative of redemption and salvation.

Dec 11, 2024 19:22

ZENIT Staff

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