Vatican’s Yes to “Pastoral” Blessings on Homosexuals and Divorced, No to Liturgical or Semi-Liturgical Blessings

Dec 18, 2023 23:36

ZENIT Staff

Photo: Vatican Media

Pope Francis•Vatican City

Pope Explains Why the Vatican’s Nativity Scene Evokes Bethlehem and Saint Francis

Greeting of His Holiness Pope Francis to the donors of the Nativity Scene and Christmas tree in Saint Peter’s Square

Dec 12, 2023 23:39

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries

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

Response to His Eminence, Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna, on two questions regarding the preservation of ashes of the deceased subjected to cremation.

Dec 12, 2023 23:03

ZENIT Staff

Rome

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

The Capitolina Board approved the renewal for three years of the Memorandum of Understanding between Rome Capitale and the Vicariate of Rome for the use of the coins collected in the Trevi Fountain. For the next three years, the coins can be used for charitable activities of an assistance and social utility nature

Dec 11, 2023 23:24

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Dicasteries

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

The Holy Father acknowledges in the letter Cardinal George Pell’s role; he explains that it’s not to be reforming in order to seem that things are different, and he explains in what the Church’s service consists and the virtues of loyalty and prudence in the management of the Holy See’s patrimony. He also talks about the path and spirit that have inspired the reforms in the Vatican’s economy.

Dec 11, 2023 14:16

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries

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

The new statutes, approved by the Pope on November 1, provide for up to fifty-five Academicians, allowing for the participation of new personalities in the near future. The intention is to «internationalize» the academic body and also provide space for theologians from other Christian denominations to strengthen the ecumenical

Dec 08, 2023 01:50

ZENIT Staff

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Vatican’s Yes to “Pastoral” Blessings on Homosexuals and Divorced, No to Liturgical or Semi-Liturgical Blessings

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Holy See dissolves the Loyola Community founded by Rupnik

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Pope Explains Why the Vatican’s Nativity Scene Evokes Bethlehem and Saint Francis

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

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