Why did the Vatican hire Hollywood superstar Chris Pratt for a documentary? Here’s everything we know

Dec 07, 2025 15:51

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Chris Pratt Photo: Stefano Cristiano Montesi

Vatican City

The Christmas tree is already in the Vatican, and so is a question with an answer: is it right to cut down a tree like this?

The choice of the trees was not random. Forest stewards conducted a meticulous selection process, prioritising sustainability and the life cycle of the woodland

Nov 27, 2025 18:03

ZENIT Staff

Rome

An Italian Musician Will Receive The Nobel Prize in Theology: The 2025 Ratzinger Prize

The award ceremony, presided over by Leo XIV, will take place on the afternoon of December 12, during the Christmas Concert conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti himself in Paul VI Hall.

Nov 26, 2025 21:35

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

The Holy See closes 2024 with a surplus of €1.6 million

The result represents a dramatic turnaround from the 51.2-million-euro deficit recorded the previous year and may signal a long-awaited shift toward greater financial stability.

Nov 26, 2025 15:42

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Vatican City

This is what working hours will be like in the Vatican and the protection against nepotism according to the new Regulations of Leo XIV

The new General Regulation applies to every organism forming the Curia: the Secretariat of State, the dicasteries, the tribunals, and the economic bodies entrusted with the Vatican’s finances. It creates a more coordinated administrative culture, beginning with something as banal — yet long overdue — as shared timetables

Nov 25, 2025 18:47

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Dicasteries•Marriage and Family

Against Western polyamory and African polygamy: this is what the Vatican’s new (and beautiful) document on marriage says

The Note proposes a vision of monogamy rooted not in rule-making but in anthropology. Marriage, it states, is built on an unbreakable exclusivity, the kind that turns two people into a single story without dissolving their individual identities

Nov 25, 2025 18:37

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Before the Pope’s arrival: a survey reveals the popularity of Pope Leo XIV, as well as the expectations and topics of interest among those who will welcome him in Spain

The poll, commissioned by the organizers of the papal visit and conducted by GAD3 among registered participants and volunteers, provides a snapshot not of Spanish society as a whole, but of those who have already committed themselves to attending the events

Mexican, a woman, a layperson, and former president of EWTN: this is the woman Pope Leo XIV chose as the first prefect of the Dicastery for Communication

Five years ago, Pope Francis publicly lamented what he described as criticism coming from a major Catholic television network (EWTN). Today, under a different pontificate, a senior executive from that same organization has been entrusted with directing the Vatican’s own communications apparatus.

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Why did the Vatican hire Hollywood superstar Chris Pratt for a documentary? Here’s everything we know

Who is behind the promotion of Benedict XVI’s canonization and his declaration as a Doctor of the Church?

Second setback for the previous pontificate: Pope Leo repeals Pope Francis’ financial measure

Vatican publishes conclusions of study on women and the diaconate: here’s what it says

Mother, Social Activist, and Harvard Graduate: The Path to Sainthood: The Case of a Former Abortion Advocate

Vatican renounces exclusive use of Latin: new regulations allow proceedings in other languages

Pope Leo XIV reverses Pope Francis’ decision regarding the organization of the Diocese of Rome

The Christmas tree is already in the Vatican, and so is a question with an answer: is it right to cut down a tree like this?

An Italian Musician Will Receive The Nobel Prize in Theology: The 2025 Ratzinger Prize

The Holy See closes 2024 with a surplus of €1.6 million

This is what working hours will be like in the Vatican and the protection against nepotism according to the new Regulations of Leo XIV

Against Western polyamory and African polygamy: this is what the Vatican’s new (and beautiful) document on marriage says