All of Us Need to Be Determined to “Sing Together as a Choir”: Joint Letter of Two Dicasteries Addressed to All Involved in the Church’s Mission of Education

Jun 28, 2023 14:08

ZENIT Staff

Catholic schools. Photo: Excelsior California

Dicasteries•Protection of vulnerable people

USA: Pope Francis Creates Ecclesiastical Province of Las Vegas

And Names Most Reverend George Leo Thomas as First Metropolitan Archbishop of Las Vegas.

May 30, 2023 02:59

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Dicasteries•Vatican City

30 Nobel Prize with the Pope in St. Peter’s Square for meeting on human fraternity

The Nobel Prize Winners – who have joined the initiative – will meet together and with leading figures from science, culture, law and international organisations to draw up a document calling for commitment to human fraternity

May 24, 2023 05:27

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries

Instrumentum laboris for 1st part of synod on synodality approved

In plenary session and in language working groups, the Council members accompanied by some consultants reviewed, amended and approved the Instrumentum laboris, which is scheduled to be published in early June.

May 15, 2023 15:35

ZENIT Staff

Church and World•Dicasteries

Jewish and Catholic Considerations on Care in Terminal Illness: What Is Prohibited, What Is Permitted, What Is Obligatory

Text of the considerations on care in terminal illness issued jointly by Jews and Catholics.

May 12, 2023 16:22

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Rome

After Pope’s intervention, Caritas meets to vote for new leaders

During the 2023 General Assembly – whose theme, «Building New Paths of Fraternity», is inspired by the Encyclical Letter Fratelli Tutti – the leadership who are to lead the Caritas Confederation over the next four years from 2023 to 2027 will be elected.

May 10, 2023 02:47

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

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.

All of Us Need to Be Determined to “Sing Together as a Choir”: Joint Letter of Two Dicasteries Addressed to All Involved in the Church’s Mission of Education

Dicastery for Divine Worship Establishes Biblical Readings for the Mass “To Pray for Chastity”

The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors launches global consultation on updated Guidelines to prevent sexual abuse in the Church

Pope Approves Beatification of Sister Lucia, the Last of the Three Little Shepherds, Seers of the Virgin of Fatima

All U.S. bishops in favor of canonization of 5 French priests

Catholics and Orthodox: Commission Agrees on Synodality and Primacy in the Second Millennium and Today

Commission for the protection of minors signs agreement with a second dicastery of the Roman Curia

USA: Pope Francis Creates Ecclesiastical Province of Las Vegas

30 Nobel Prize with the Pope in St. Peter’s Square for meeting on human fraternity

Instrumentum laboris for 1st part of synod on synodality approved

Jewish and Catholic Considerations on Care in Terminal Illness: What Is Prohibited, What Is Permitted, What Is Obligatory

After Pope’s intervention, Caritas meets to vote for new leaders