Where do the Trevi Fountain coins go and what does the Pope have to do with that destination?

Dec 11, 2023 23:24

Tourists daily toss coins, hoping that by some twist of fate, it will somehow lead to their return to the Italian capital. Photo: HuffPost

Pope Francis with a children in Paul VI room

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

Pope Francis•Vatican City

Pope Francis watches documentary on Ukraine invasion

The Pope stayed until the end of the screening and, after a minute of silence in prayer for the victims of the conflict and a brief speech by the director, he addressed a few words of greeting to the participants.

Nov 21, 2023 22:01

ZENIT Staff

Photo Gallery: Leo XIV Now Has An Official Mosaic to Enrich St. Paul’s Basilica, and This Is How He Reacted When It Was Shown to Him

Just over eight months after the election of Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican Mosaic Workshop has completed the mosaic portrait for the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, at the request of the Archpriest of the Basilica, Cardinal James Michael Harvey.

How Jesus Christ transforms man’s relationship with God, according to Pope Leo XIV

Pope’s general audience, January 14, 2026, on the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum on Divine Revelation

Where do the Trevi Fountain coins go and what does the Pope have to do with that destination?

Vatican’s Economic Reform Has Just Begun: ZENIT’s Translation of Pope’s Letter into English

Pontifical Academy of Theology renewed: 8 new members, 2 of them women

Pope Francis announces first World Children’s Day at the Vatican for 2024

Blessing of the Christ Child returns to St. Peter’s Square with the Pope

Five Hours with the Pope in the Vatican and “It Wasn’t to Pull Ears”: Thus Was the Meeting with the Entire Spanish Episcopate

Vatican welcomes representatives of Assyrian church and advances ecumenical dialogue

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

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

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

Three nuns receive English recognition for their fight against human trafficking

Pope Francis watches documentary on Ukraine invasion