Saint John Lateran, The Mother of All Cathedrals, Turns 1,700 Years and This Is How It Will Celebrate

Nov 03, 2023 01:25

ZENIT Staff

Basilic of Saint John Lateran. Foto: Foto: Obispado Segorbe Castellón

Pope Francis•Vatican City

Pope Warns Synod: Either the Church Is the Holy People of God or It Ends Up Being a Service Company

The Holy Father’s address to the participants in the Synod on Synodality on Wednesday afternoon, October 25

Oct 25, 2023 22:57

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

Letter to the People of God at the end of the Synod of the Church 2024: Synodality is the way God expects of the Church

Letter of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to the People of God

Oct 25, 2023 16:27

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Pope Francis

Argentina Is To Have a New Saint: Pope Approves Miracle of “Mamá Antula”

(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 24.10.2024).- On Tuesday afternoon, October 24,Pope Francis received in audience Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. In that audience, the Holy Father authorized the Dicastery’s Prefect to promulgate the Decree regarding […]

Oct 24, 2023 21:18

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Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Rome•Testimonies

Father Sirico continues his battle in Rome for media mogul Jimmy Lai’s liberation

Speaking at the Rome premiere of The Hong Konger, a documentary about the high-profile struggle of pro-democracy advocate and now-jailed Catholic billionaire, Jimmy Lai, executive producer Rev. Robert Sirico, says he’s disappointed in the Vatican’s diplomacy with Beijing.

Oct 20, 2023 19:28

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis•Vatican City

Pope Francis receives one of Africa’s few kings

Lesotho is a parliamentary monarchy in southern Africa, completely surrounded by South Africa, with a population of about 2.1 million people. It is primarily an agricultural country, and Catholics make up 45% of the population.

Oct 19, 2023 23:42

ZENIT Staff

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

Saint John Lateran, The Mother of All Cathedrals, Turns 1,700 Years and This Is How It Will Celebrate

Pope Francis gives new statutes (and mission) to the Pontifical Academy of Theology

Jubilee 2025 app launched: here’s how to download it

National Vocation Awareness Week Invites the Faithful to Pray for an Increase in Vocations in the United States

Iranian Foreign Minister calls Pope’s representative over situation in Gaza

In Face of the Rupnik Case, Vatican Commission Expresses Concern Over the Insufficiencies of Disciplinary Processes

Rupnik Case: Pope Lifts Prescription and Reopens Investigation Against Former Jesuit

Pope Warns Synod: Either the Church Is the Holy People of God or It Ends Up Being a Service Company

Letter to the People of God at the end of the Synod of the Church 2024: Synodality is the way God expects of the Church

Argentina Is To Have a New Saint: Pope Approves Miracle of “Mamá Antula”

Father Sirico continues his battle in Rome for media mogul Jimmy Lai’s liberation

Pope Francis receives one of Africa’s few kings