Vatican Explains That Single Mothers Can Go to Communion

Dec 14, 2023 14:05

ZENIT Staff

The Dicastery notes that there are “difficult situations” that need to be discerned and accompanied pastorally

Pope Francis with a children in Paul VI room

Dicasteries•Ecumenism

«Salvation Army» opens to informal dialogue with Catholic Church at Pope’s house

Following a first set of conversations from 2007 to 2012, the general theme for the current series of conversations is ‘Discipleship for Mission’.

Nov 28, 2023 15:18

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries

From Opus Dei, Focolare and other ecclesial realities new members of Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life

In addition to different geographical origins, among them Chinese, for example, there are new members from very specific ecclesial realities

Nov 26, 2023 23:03

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Local Church•Pope Francis

Vatican Says to German Bishops: There Will Be No Negotiation. Full Text of The Note

The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, sent a clear message to the German Bishops: There will be no negotiation on the exclusion of women from priestly Ordination or on the Doctrine of the Church regarding homosexuality

Nov 23, 2023 19:09

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Dicasteries•Pope Francis

Pope Francis Highlights Three Aspects of the Universal Call to Holiness

Address to the participants in the Conference organized by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints

Nov 16, 2023 21:15

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Documents

Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith Confirms that Catholics Cannot Be Members of Freemasonry

Response of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith to the petition of Bishop Julito Cortes of Dumaguete, the Philippines, for a “better pastoral approach” regarding Catholic faithful’s adherence to Freemasonry.

Nov 15, 2023 17:32

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.

Vatican Explains That Single Mothers Can Go to Communion

Vatican on Ashes of Deceased: Could Be Preserved But Prohibited to Scatter

Vatican’s Economic Reform Has Just Begun: ZENIT’s Translation of Pope’s Letter into English

Pontifical Academy of Theology renewed: 8 new members, 2 of them women

Pope Francis announces first World Children’s Day at the Vatican for 2024

Five Hours with the Pope in the Vatican and “It Wasn’t to Pull Ears”: Thus Was the Meeting with the Entire Spanish Episcopate

Vatican welcomes representatives of Assyrian church and advances ecumenical dialogue

«Salvation Army» opens to informal dialogue with Catholic Church at Pope’s house

From Opus Dei, Focolare and other ecclesial realities new members of Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life

Vatican Says to German Bishops: There Will Be No Negotiation. Full Text of The Note

Pope Francis Highlights Three Aspects of the Universal Call to Holiness

Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith Confirms that Catholics Cannot Be Members of Freemasonry