Münster Diocese Introduces Groundbreaking Clergy Disciplinary Code

Feb 16, 2025 17:11

ZENIT Staff

Bishop Felix Genn

Pope Francis’ popularity has also experienced some shifts in the United States.

Jubilee 2025•Vatican City

1.3 million pilgrims have already passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s in the first weeks of the Jubilee

Despite the impressive statistics, Archbishop Fisichella emphasized that the success of the Jubilee is not measured in numbers. «What truly matters is what people carry in their hearts,» he stated, underlining that the spiritual impact of the event goes far beyond mere attendance figures.

Feb 08, 2025 22:06

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

Vatican security concerns resurface: person desecrates altar in St. Peter’s Basilica

This is not the first time St. Peter’s Basilica has faced such an incident. In June 2023, a man stripped naked and climbed onto the same altar, an event that was widely recorded by visitors.

Feb 07, 2025 21:40

Valentina di Giorgio

Bioethics•Dicasteries•Rome

First Vatican Summit Is Announced on Longevity: Science, Ethics and Future of Longevity

This project hopes to promote a model of longevity that is not limited to increase the years of life, but that enriches them in terms of quality, dignity and sustainability, integrating science, ethics and spirituality.

Feb 06, 2025 16:00

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Rome

Holy See approves statutes of the Regnum Christi Federation (of which the Legionaries of Christ are a part)

The General Directive College communicated through a letter to the members that the Holy See has definitively approved the Statutes of the Regnum Christi Federation. This official recognition reaffirms the validity of the path traveled and strengthens the commitment to live our charism with confidence and courage, in communion with the Church and at the service of the mission.

Feb 05, 2025 17:22

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Liturgy and Divine Worship

Vatican pronounces on the transfer of days of obligation for Mass in the liturgical calendar

This clarification addresses a recurring issue in the liturgical calendar known as «occurrentia festorum», which arises when two feast days fall on the same date. In such cases, the liturgical norms dictate that the celebration of higher precedence, according to the «Table of Liturgical Days», takes priority, while the other feast may be moved to a later date.

Feb 04, 2025 18:13

ZENIT Staff

An Italian: this is the Pope’s new ambassador “to” Donald Trump

Archbishop Caccia, 68, has served as Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations since 2019, and succeeds Cardinal Christophe Pierre, 80, who has held the post since 2016

A Pope’s Letter to a Newspaper: Leo XIV Reflects on 150 Years of Journalism in a Changing World

Another dimension Leo XIV emphasized was the human element of storytelling. Technology may accelerate the flow of information, he observed, but experience and judgment remain essential for interpreting events and giving them meaning

Münster Diocese Introduces Groundbreaking Clergy Disciplinary Code

Official: from March 1 the most important person in the Vatican City government will be a woman

The Case of Marko Rupnik: An Artist’s Perspective

Investigation Launched into Seton Hall President’s Handling of McCarrick Allegations

Spiritual Exercises for the Pope and the Curia are back: in 2025 they will be held at the Vatican

Explanatory Note Regarding the Faculties to Preach and Hear Confessions in the Territory of the Diocese of Rome During the Jubilee 2025

Pope Francis decrees that the liturgical feast of Mother Teresa of Calcutta be added to the Church’s universal calendar

1.3 million pilgrims have already passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s in the first weeks of the Jubilee

Vatican security concerns resurface: person desecrates altar in St. Peter’s Basilica

First Vatican Summit Is Announced on Longevity: Science, Ethics and Future of Longevity

Holy See approves statutes of the Regnum Christi Federation (of which the Legionaries of Christ are a part)

Vatican pronounces on the transfer of days of obligation for Mass in the liturgical calendar