PHOTO GALLERY: First Marian church in the world, in Rome, to receive historic bell

Apr 02, 2024 23:45

The bell has been returned from the Vatican Museums to the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major Photo: Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church•Pope Francis•Protection of vulnerable people

Pope Francis removes Belgian bishop convicted of abuse from the clerical state

On March 8, 2024, after carefully examining the prelate’s defense, the Doctrine of the Faith proposed to Pope Francis the dismissal from the clerical state in accordance with the regulations established in Pope John Paul II’s motu proprio on the “most serious crimes.”

Mar 21, 2024 00:07

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Pope Francis•Vatican City

Pope Francis Reforms the Roman Basilica of Saint Mary Major: These Are the New Measures

The Pontiff made Bishop Makrickas Coadjutor Archpriest of the Basilica (with the right of succession)and equipped him with all the faculties for the government of the Council (the Council is a body or community of capitular ecclesiastics of a Cathedral or Collegial church).

Mar 20, 2024 00:09

Valentina di Giorgio

Rome

Jesuits announce merger of three of their pontifical universities in Rome (at Pope’s request)

The Statutes were created following the Chirograph signed by Pope Francis on Dec. 17, 2019. In this letter the Holy Father ordered that the Pontifical Biblical Institute and the Pontifical Oriental Institute be joined to the Gregorian University, while still retaining their own names and missions. This was done in such a way that they are now part of “the same juridical person, as academic units of the University”.

Mar 18, 2024 23:50

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis•Vatican City

Gift, care and community: the Pope’s Hospital that heals children (with a reflection of Francis)

Address of the Pope to the workers of the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its foundation.

Mar 16, 2024 00:11

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

Two Cardinals, Abuses and Pope’s Investigation

One news program commented that “the police could not find sufficient evidence to meet the evidentiary test, which requires sufficient evidence to provide a reasonable prospect of conviction.”

Mar 15, 2024 23:53

Rafael Llanes

Pope Francis explains the theological virtues as follows

Pope’s General Audience, April 24, 2024 on the theological virtues

Pope Francis Receives in Audience Woman with Lateral Amyotrophic Sclerosis

“Mrs Zeza” expressed her firm conviction that her faith is stronger than any illness. Her testimony spread widely on the Vatican’s social networks, where her words resounded profoundly in the Pope’s heart.

PHOTO GALLERY: First Marian church in the world, in Rome, to receive historic bell

This is Pope Francis’ urbi et orbi message for Easter 2024

How did Pope Francis experience Good Friday? What did he do and what did he not do?

How the Pope washed feet in a women’s prison in Rome

Russian Orthodox Church issues formal document condemning Fiducia Supplicans

Pope Francis is the author of the Stations of the Cross to be prayed this Good Friday 2024 in Coliseum

U.S. Survey Studies Honesty and Ethics in the Clergy

Pope Francis removes Belgian bishop convicted of abuse from the clerical state

Pope Francis Reforms the Roman Basilica of Saint Mary Major: These Are the New Measures

Jesuits announce merger of three of their pontifical universities in Rome (at Pope’s request)

Gift, care and community: the Pope’s Hospital that heals children (with a reflection of Francis)

Two Cardinals, Abuses and Pope’s Investigation