Pope and Priests From a Sector of Rome Talk About Prisoners, Women in the Formation of Priests and the Forthcoming Jubilee

Apr 05, 2024 05:23

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Ecumenism•Gender Ideology

Russian Orthodox Church issues formal document condemning Fiducia Supplicans

In the document’s second part, the discrepancy between the definition of marriage contained in the Fiducia Supplicans declaration and Orthodox teaching is highlighted, arguing that the declaration effectively equates same-sex couples with extramarital cohabitation of heterosexual couples.

Mar 27, 2024 23:53

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis•Rome

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

Pope Francis’ decision to personally take on the drafting of the Stations of the Cross seems to be linked to the Year of Prayer proclaimed as preparation for the Jubilee of 2025.

Mar 26, 2024 00:02

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

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

For the first time, the clergy is outside the top 10 highest-rated professions (it is in 11th place), although it remains with a better rating than, for example, members of congress, located at the bottom of the table.

Mar 24, 2024 13:29

Jorge Enrique Mújica

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

Poll Finds Leo XIV the Most Favorable Public Figure Among U.S. Voters

The findings come from a March 2026 poll conducted by NBC News in partnership with Hart Research Associates and Public Opinion Strategies. The survey interviewed 1,000 registered voters across the United States, producing a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

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.

Pope and Priests From a Sector of Rome Talk About Prisoners, Women in the Formation of Priests and the Forthcoming Jubilee

Vatican To Publish a Declaration on Gender Ideology and Other Questions on Human Dignity on April 8

Jesuits speak out on Gaza situation

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