A Korean Virgin Mary in the Pope’s Vatican Gardens

Sep 23, 2024 21:51

The Virgin Mary, dressed in a traditional Korean “hanbok”, stands as a figure of maternal care and divine protection. Photo: Governatorato

Monsignor Zhan Silu is Bishop in the province of Fujian, an area in China with a great Catholic presence

The broader context involves a significant espionage scandal that has rocked Italy.

Yaron Sideman presented Pope Francis with his credentials, officially accrediting him as the Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Holy See.

it both affirms the positive spiritual fruits linked to Medjugorje and allows the faithful to engage in these experiences, under the guidance of the Church’s new norms for discerning spiritual phenomena.

Press Conference at the Press Office of the Holy See on Monday, September 16, 2024. Photo: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Card. Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of His Holiness, will present the Ratzinger Prize 2024 to the theologian Professor Cyril O’Regan and the sculptor Etsurō Sotoo

Jubilee 2025•Rome

Pope’s Diocese Warns Against Fraudulent Bishop: Risks Are Exposed of False Clerics for Jubilee 2025

On September 4, 2023, the Diocese of Rome issued a press release warning that Micalef has no connection with the Catholic Church. The document highlights that Micalef has no ministerial faculties and cannot administer the Sacraments

Sep 17, 2024 06:44

Valentina di Giorgio

Rome•Vatican Diplomacy

Vatican and Italy Against France: Towards a Conflict Over the Spanish Steps in Rome?

Diplomatic tension over the ownership of the Spanish Steps in Rome and some churches: are they from Italy and the Vatican or from France?

Sep 17, 2024 06:40

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Rome

Abbot Jeremias Schröder elected Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation

As primate, Abbot Jeremias also will serve as the Grand Chancellor of the Benedictine Pontifical Atheneum of Sant’Anselmo located in Rome, an institution for liturgical, theological and philosophical education.

Sep 16, 2024 18:43

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Virgin Mary

Vatican to Issue Statement on Apparitions in Medjugorje

Since June 1981, Medjugorje has become the destiny of pilgrimage of millions of people, despite the fact that ecclesiastical authorities have shown skepticism for years.

Sep 16, 2024 08:55

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

Past Cases of Sexual Abuse in Irish Schools Leads Government to Intervene

The Minister of Education announced the creation of a Commission of Inquiry into abuses in religious schools

Sep 15, 2024 06:49

Rafael Llanes

Under the agreement with China, Leo XIV appoints a new bishop

Chang Yanfeng, 42, was ordained bishop today under the Sino-Holy See agreement to a diocese that has been without its own pastor for 20 years. Just three weeks ago, the new prelate had to publicly commit the local Church to a controversial law designed to eliminate minorities.

Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of inspiration and sanctification

Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Orders in the United States

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A Korean Virgin Mary in the Pope’s Vatican Gardens

Bishop Who Was Excommunicated Will Participate in the Synod on Synodality

Shadow of espionage shakes Vatican: Inquiry into leaks in London financial scandal

New Israeli ambassador to the Vatican presents himself to the Pope

Medjugorje: Vatican recognizes spiritual fruits and officially opens the door to public worship

Seven Items Are Revealed About the Forthcoming Synod on Synodality

Ratzinger Prize 2024 to theologian Cyril O’Regan and sculptor Etsurō Sotoo

Pope’s Diocese Warns Against Fraudulent Bishop: Risks Are Exposed of False Clerics for Jubilee 2025

Vatican and Italy Against France: Towards a Conflict Over the Spanish Steps in Rome?

Abbot Jeremias Schröder elected Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation

Vatican to Issue Statement on Apparitions in Medjugorje

Past Cases of Sexual Abuse in Irish Schools Leads Government to Intervene