Pope Francis to Athletica Vaticana: Sport Is a Means To Express One’s Talents, but Also To Build Society

Jan 14, 2024 16:56

ZENIT Staff

Causes of Saints•Local Church•Testimonies

A saintly samurai: progress and hopes for the canonization of the «Samurai of Christ

The possible canonization would be a significant milestone, marking Ukon as the first Japanese samurai to be declared a saint. The Church anxiously awaits the results of investigations into the miracles attributed to his intercession, in the hope that this «samurai of Christ» will soon become a saint officially recognized by the Catholic Church.

Jan 10, 2024 01:40

Lim Kym

Dicasteries•Pope Francis

Pope Francis appoints new members and consultants for Synod and Historical Sciences Committee

A total of 8 people join two realities of the Holy See

Jan 10, 2024 01:12

ZENIT Staff

Rome

The Order of Malta, the 113 countries with which it has relations and the value of religious diplomacy

As of early 2024, the Order of Malta maintains diplomatic relations with 113 countries. In the last 40 years, it has expanded its diplomatic relations from 42 in 1981 to the current 113.

Jan 10, 2024 00:46

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Jubilee 2025•Vatican City

Jubilee 2025: Jubilee 2025 backpack for pilgrims introduced

The backpack and all the accessories that make up the Pilgrim’s Kit – a wide-brimmed hat, a scarf, a water bottle, a waterproof poncho, and a wrist rosary – were made using recycled and eco-sustainable components.

Jan 10, 2024 00:43

ZENIT Staff

Jubilee 2025•Rome•Vatican City

This Will Be the Rome of the 2025 Jubilee: 5G in the Entire City and New Streets and Parking Lots Around the Vatican

Although Jubilees sink their origin in a Jewish tradition taken up by Christianity, it was Boniface VIII who was the first to call one in 1300. Since then, a Jubilee is celebrated every 25 years. The last ordinary Holy Year was convoked and concluded by Saint John Paul II in the Year 2000.

Jan 10, 2024 00:35

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Dates and Locations Announced for Mass Events with Pope Leo XIV in Spain

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate a great Prayer Vigil with young people and three great Masses during his Apostolic Journey to Spain. Registration forms are now open for participation in these first confirmed events on the Pope’s agenda. Registration can be done through the official website of the trip: conelpapa.es.

On the Controversy with Trump, Leo XIV Denounces a «Not Entirely Accurate Narrative»

During the flight from Cameroon to Angola, the third leg of an itinerary that will ultimately take him to Equatorial Guinea, the Pope explained to the approximately 70 journalists accompanying him that many media interpretations are based on a dynamic of «comments upon comments,» rather than reflecting his true intentions.

Pope Francis to Athletica Vaticana: Sport Is a Means To Express One’s Talents, but Also To Build Society

Pope Francis Speaks for the First Time on Blessings for Gay Couples

Prefect of the Doctrine of the Faith announces document on gender ideology and surrogate motherhood

Pope Francis meets his own clergy four years later: this is what they talked about

Nicaraguan dictatorship frees Bishop Rolando Álvarez and expels him from the country

Next Argentinean saint «performs miracle»: Javier Milei and Pope Francis at the Vatican

Vatican Announces Restoration of the Vatican Basilica’s Bernini’s Canopy, Financed by the Knights of Columbus

A saintly samurai: progress and hopes for the canonization of the «Samurai of Christ

Pope Francis appoints new members and consultants for Synod and Historical Sciences Committee

The Order of Malta, the 113 countries with which it has relations and the value of religious diplomacy

Jubilee 2025: Jubilee 2025 backpack for pilgrims introduced

This Will Be the Rome of the 2025 Jubilee: 5G in the Entire City and New Streets and Parking Lots Around the Vatican