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

Jan 10, 2024 00:46

The annual meeting, typically held at the beginning of the year, commenced with the speech by the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Photo: Sovereign Order of Malta

Pope Francis•Vatican City•Vatican Diplomacy

Pope Francis and his most important diplomatic speech of the year: here’s what he said

Audience with the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See on the occasion of the greeting of the new year.

Jan 08, 2024 00:14

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis•Vatican City

Pope Francis baptizes 16 children in the Sistine Chapel: photos and words (with permission to shout and speak)

«They are the protagonists of this ceremony: they can speak, move, shout… They are in charge because it is their celebration: they are going to receive the most beautiful gift, the gift of faith, the gift of the Lord,» said the Pope to the parents and godparents of the 16 baptized children.

Jan 07, 2024 00:40

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Documents

Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issues new clarification on blessings to gay and irregular couples

Press Release from the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on the Reception of «Fiducia Supplicans»

Jan 03, 2024 12:56

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Woman

Prefect of Dicastery for Doctrine of the Faith: there will be no priestly ordination of women

The Prefect of the Dicastery for the Faith who reinforces what was anticipated by the Secretary of State: he rules out a different moral evaluation of homosexual acts and the possibility of priestly ordination of women.

Jan 02, 2024 00:27

ZENIT Staff

Causes of Saints•Good News•Local Church

Barcelona: Antonio Gaudí’s Beatification Process Advances

The Cause of Beatification of Antoni Gaudí, a Catalan architect who revolutionized architecture and designed the famous Basilica of the Holy Family, advances to the altars with the new creation of the Canonical Association for the Canonization of Antoni Gaudí.

Dec 22, 2023 00:35

Dante Alba, LC

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

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

Three Attitudes Pope Puts Forward to Marxists and Christians in the Vatican

Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Calls for Review of Celibacy

Controversial unknown book by Cardinal Fernandez, Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith is made public

With how many countries does the Vatican have diplomatic relations in 2024?

Pope Francis and his most important diplomatic speech of the year: here’s what he said

Pope Francis baptizes 16 children in the Sistine Chapel: photos and words (with permission to shout and speak)

Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issues new clarification on blessings to gay and irregular couples

Prefect of Dicastery for Doctrine of the Faith: there will be no priestly ordination of women

Barcelona: Antonio Gaudí’s Beatification Process Advances