Ahead of the 2025 Jubilee, Pope Francis Institutes a Commission That Will Recognize Catholic Martyrs and Those of Other Christian Confessions

Jul 05, 2023 19:22

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Testimonies of Faith

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

Sister Lucia died in the smell of holiness in 2005, at the age of 97. Benedict XVI exempted her from the obligation to wait 5 years to start the beatification process. Pope Francis canonized Saint Francis and Saint Jacinta in 2017.

Jun 22, 2023 18:43

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Local Church•Testimonies

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

The five French-born priests left their homeland to minister to the people in what was then a newly erected diocese which was in the frontier wilderness of northern Louisiana.

Jun 18, 2023 13:33

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Ecumenism

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

The discussion focused on synodality and primacy in East and West over the course of the second millennium, giving as far as possible a common reading of that history.

Jun 11, 2023 07:15

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Protection of vulnerable people

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

The Agreement, signed on behalf of the Dicastery by the Prefect Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-Sik and by the Commission President, Cardinal Sean O’ Malley OFM Cap., identified three main areas of shared interest.

May 30, 2023 03:03

ZENIT Staff

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

ZENIT Staff

Leo XIV turns the consistory into a laboratory for mission and governance

At the heart of the June discussions lies a dual axis: missionary renewal and structural reform. The Pope’s letter places renewed emphasis on Evangelii Gaudium, the 2013 apostolic exhortation of his predecessor, presenting it not as a historical document but as an unfinished program

The Pope is met with an attack in Algeria; in Cameroon, he is greeted by an announcement of a ceasefire amid the civil war

The city of Bamenda, where Leo XIV is scheduled to preside over a peace gathering, encapsulates the complexity of the crisis. Often described as the epicenter of the Anglophone conflict, Bamenda has endured years of violence since tensions escalated in 2016

Ahead of the 2025 Jubilee, Pope Francis Institutes a Commission That Will Recognize Catholic Martyrs and Those of Other Christian Confessions

“I’ll Do Things My Way”: The New Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith Talks About the German Synod and Blessings to Gay Couples

“A Month Ago I Said to the Pope That I Didn’t Accept” the Appointment: Public Letter of the New Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith

Argentine Prelate Is New Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

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