Vatican Sets Up High Security Barrier to Michelangelo’s Pieta in Face of Jubilee 2025

Jul 25, 2024 07:28

The exacting restoration works of the Pietà Chapel began on Monday, May 27and will conclude at the end of September 2024.

Maccio Sanctuary in Villa Guardia, Como, Italy.

Pope Francis paid a visit to the children and teenagers attending the Vatican's summer camp, "Estate ragazzi in Vaticano."

Vatican City

Does the Pope’s Bank Prohibit Marriage Between Employees? A Couple in Problems

This situation makes evident the conflict between the Vatican’s new internal regulations and the Doctrine of the Church on marriage.

Jul 17, 2024 06:32

Valentina di Giorgio

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

Knights of Columbus decide to cover Rupnik mosaics at John Paul II National Shrine

“The Knights of Columbus has decided to cover these mosaics because our first concern must be for victims of sexual abuse, who have already suffered immensely, and who may be further injured by the ongoing display of the mosaics at the Shrine,” said Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly.

Jul 14, 2024 16:36

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City•Woman

For the first time in 500 years, two women in team of sanpietrini of Vatican basilica

The presence of women is not new in the long and ancient tradition of work and art at the Fabbrica, but until now, no women had joined the body of the sanpietrini.

Jul 13, 2024 16:12

Amy Balog

Dicasteries•Local Church•Virgin Mary

Third Vatican Pronouncement on Apparitions: Negative for “Our Lady of All Nations”

In a press release issued on July 11, the Dicastery explained that, traditionally, decisions on alleged supernatural phenomena are not published.

Jul 11, 2024 07:08

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Local Church

World Religions Sign Pope’s Appeal for Ethical Artificial Intelligence in Japan

The new signatories, in the presence of top representatives of the Japanese Government and of big tech Microsoft, IBM and Cisco, signed the Call which urges the application, in the field of AI, of algorethics, i.e. ethics by design.

Jul 10, 2024 16:17

ZENIT Staff

What Does the Pope Think About Violence Against Women? A Revealing Letter Signed by Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV’s response is clear and profoundly pastoral. The Pontiff confesses that violence in relationships, and particularly violence against women, is a source of great suffering for him.

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

Vatican Sets Up High Security Barrier to Michelangelo’s Pieta in Face of Jubilee 2025

New «forward» from Dicastery Doctrine of the Faith for an Italian’s views on the Holy Trinity

Survey Highlights Most Common Complaints of Vatican Employees

Vatican Dicastery for Communication «absorbs» Pontifical Urbaniana University publishing house

Emmaus Movement discloses allegations of sexual abuse against its late founder

Pope visits children of Vatican employees at the end of summer camp

More than 330,000 people have seen Dali’s Christ and St. John of the Cross for free in Rome

Does the Pope’s Bank Prohibit Marriage Between Employees? A Couple in Problems

Knights of Columbus decide to cover Rupnik mosaics at John Paul II National Shrine

For the first time in 500 years, two women in team of sanpietrini of Vatican basilica

Third Vatican Pronouncement on Apparitions: Negative for “Our Lady of All Nations”

World Religions Sign Pope’s Appeal for Ethical Artificial Intelligence in Japan