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

Nov 28, 2025 22:33

Valentina di Giorgio

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Dicasteries•Local Church

Vatican Dicastery Rejects Resignation of the Commissioner of the Heralds of the Gospel

The Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life responded with a concise message: the Cardinal should «wait a few months» before resigning. Based on the response, there is no indication that Pope Leo XIV was consulted regarding this refusal.

Nov 25, 2025 07:20

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City•Woman

Pope Leo XIV corrects Pope Francis’ canonical error: now any woman (or lay person) can be governor of the Vatican

The correction may look like a technical revision, but its reach extends far beyond the pages of the Fundamental Law. It clarifies, regularizes and ultimately stabilizes one of the most symbolically significant decisions of Pope Francis’s final years in office: the appointment of Sister Raffaella Petrini as President of the Vatican City State’s administration

Nov 23, 2025 12:13

Valentina di Giorgio

Pope Leo XIV•Rome

Pope Leo XIV Announces Second World Children’s Day

To be celebrated from September 25-27, 2026 in Rome

Nov 20, 2025 20:34

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV•Protection of vulnerable people

How to prevent all forms of abuse and how to be accountable: Pope Leo XIV puts dignity as the starting point

Message of the Holy Father to Participants in the Meeting “Building Communities that Safeguard Dignity” promoted by the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Nov 18, 2025 09:40

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

Vatican publishes interim reports on controversial issues arising from the previous synod on synodality

The documents presented here – prepared between the summer and autumn of 2025 – reflect the current progress of the work, highlighting both the synodal method that animates them and the concrete steps taken to put it into practice

Nov 17, 2025 17:37

ZENIT Staff

Leo XIV, Putin’s rejection of the Christmas truce, and disappointment with the Democratic governor of Illinois

Speaking on the evening of December 23, Leo XIV returned repeatedly to a single theme that framed his reflections: the meaning of life, human dignity, and the possibility of peace—even if only for a day.

Germans trust Leo XIV more than Islam: new survey results released

Data released from a representative Forsa poll indicate that 28 percent of Germans now say they place high or very high trust in the Pope

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

Vatican Dicastery Rejects Resignation of the Commissioner of the Heralds of the Gospel

Pope Leo XIV corrects Pope Francis’ canonical error: now any woman (or lay person) can be governor of the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Announces Second World Children’s Day

How to prevent all forms of abuse and how to be accountable: Pope Leo XIV puts dignity as the starting point

Vatican publishes interim reports on controversial issues arising from the previous synod on synodality