Vatican on Ashes of Deceased: Could Be Preserved But Prohibited to Scatter

Dec 12, 2023 23:03

ZENIT Staff

Photo: Vatican Radio Archive

Pope Francis with a children in Paul VI room

Dicasteries•Ecumenism

Vatican welcomes representatives of Assyrian church and advances ecumenical dialogue

After the adoption in 2022 of a new document, entitled «Images of the Church in the Syriac and Latin Patristic Traditions», the Commission launched a new phase of dialogue on the theme «Liturgy in the Life of the Church: A Comparative Study of the Latin and Church of the East’s Liturgical Traditions».

Nov 28, 2023 15:21

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Ecumenism

«Salvation Army» opens to informal dialogue with Catholic Church at Pope’s house

Following a first set of conversations from 2007 to 2012, the general theme for the current series of conversations is ‘Discipleship for Mission’.

Nov 28, 2023 15:18

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries

From Opus Dei, Focolare and other ecclesial realities new members of Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life

In addition to different geographical origins, among them Chinese, for example, there are new members from very specific ecclesial realities

Nov 26, 2023 23:03

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Local Church•Pope Francis

Vatican Says to German Bishops: There Will Be No Negotiation. Full Text of The Note

The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, sent a clear message to the German Bishops: There will be no negotiation on the exclusion of women from priestly Ordination or on the Doctrine of the Church regarding homosexuality

Nov 23, 2023 19:09

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Good News•Protection of vulnerable people•Testimonies

Three nuns receive English recognition for their fight against human trafficking

All three sisters are experts and strong advocates in the fight against slavery. They are Sister Seli Thomas, SMI, from India; Sister Patricia Ebegbulem, SSL, from Nigeria; and Sister Francoise Jiranonda, SPC, from Thailand.

Nov 23, 2023 00:07

ZENIT Staff

Traits of a diplomacy of hope: the Pope’s address to ambassadors with whom the Vatican has diplomatic relations

Address of the Pope to the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See for the presentation of New Year greetings.

of the 194 countries, the Holy See does not have diplomatic relations with ten

Vatican Reveals Number of Countries with Which It Has Diplomatic Relations

At present, 184 States have full diplomatic relations with the Holy See. To these must be added the European Union and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. There are 90 Diplomatic Missions accredited to the Holy See with headquarters in Rome, among them those of the European Union and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

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6	7	8	9	10	11	12
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20	21	22	23	24	25	26
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Vatican welcomes representatives of Assyrian church and advances ecumenical dialogue

«Salvation Army» opens to informal dialogue with Catholic Church at Pope’s house

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Three nuns receive English recognition for their fight against human trafficking