PHOTO GALLERY: how the Sistine Chapel is getting ready to host the Conclave 2025

May 03, 2025 20:17

ZENIT Staff

Preparing the Sistine Chapel for the Conclave Photo: Vatican State

Rome

60 years after the Council: study day on Joseph Ratzinger’s thought at APRA

Cardinal Kurt Koch, one of the Church’s foremost ecumenical voices, opened the event with a keynote on Ratzinger’s theological role during the Council. It was not a nostalgic glance backward, but a forward-looking reminder of how the conciliar spirit, if properly interpreted, remains a wellspring for the Church’s mission in the modern world.

Apr 20, 2025 00:29

ZENIT Staff

Rome•Vatican City

Reimagining Aging: Vatican’s First Longevity Summit Charts a Path for Life with Meaning, Not Just Years

Father Carrara read aloud a personal message from Pope Francis—his first public communication since being discharged from the Gemelli hospital. Through Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Pope extended his blessing to the participants, urging them to champion the dignity of the elderly and recognize their essential role in society.

Apr 20, 2025 00:23

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City•Vatican Diplomacy

U.S. Vice President attends Vatican on Good Friday

Vance, a practicing Christian, met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for bilateral discussions that sources close to the delegation described as “constructive and warm.” The two leaders are understood to have touched on issues ranging from transatlantic cooperation.

Apr 18, 2025 00:31

Valentina di Giorgio

Dicasteries

Vatican Publishes Explanation Why a Baptism Cannot Be Erased From the Church Register

Explanatory Note from the Dicastery for Legislative Texts on the prohibition of annulments in the Parish Baptism Register

Apr 17, 2025 07:34

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

Vatican Accelerates Toward a Greener Future with New Electric Vehicle Fleet

But the commitment to sustainability isn’t stopping with internal operations. Exelentia is also donating two custom-designed electric vehicles tailored specifically for the needs of Pope Francis.

Apr 16, 2025 16:39

ZENIT Staff

Photo Gallery: Leo XIV Now Has An Official Mosaic to Enrich St. Paul’s Basilica, and This Is How He Reacted When It Was Shown to Him

Just over eight months after the election of Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican Mosaic Workshop has completed the mosaic portrait for the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, at the request of the Archpriest of the Basilica, Cardinal James Michael Harvey.

How Jesus Christ transforms man’s relationship with God, according to Pope Leo XIV

Pope’s general audience, January 14, 2026, on the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum on Divine Revelation

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PHOTO GALLERY: how the Sistine Chapel is getting ready to host the Conclave 2025

“Giro d’Italia” will pay tribute to Pope Francis: the elite of world cycling will pass through the Vatican

Opus Dei postpones reform of its Statutes after Pope Francis’ death

Countdown to a new Pope begins: Conclave to start on May 7. Here are more details

From Cells to Vatican: Inmates May Attend Pope Francis’ Burial in Rare Gesture of Mercy

Cardinals Decide to Suspend Beatifications Until Election of the New Pope

Holy See Press Release: Canonization of Carlo Acutis Is Suspended

60 years after the Council: study day on Joseph Ratzinger’s thought at APRA

Reimagining Aging: Vatican’s First Longevity Summit Charts a Path for Life with Meaning, Not Just Years

U.S. Vice President attends Vatican on Good Friday

Vatican Publishes Explanation Why a Baptism Cannot Be Erased From the Church Register

Vatican Accelerates Toward a Greener Future with New Electric Vehicle Fleet