Five People Can Inherit From Benedict XVI

Mar 21, 2023 09:50

ZENIT Staff

Death of Pope Benedict XVI. Photo: Epa Jeon Heon-Kyun; EFE

Analysis Opinion•Dicasteries•Rome

The Current State of Ecclesiastical Universities in Rome: Numbers, History and Formative Offer

Almost 16,000 students, the majority of them men religious, nuns, seminarians and priests, study in one of the 22 Pontifical Institutions that are in the City of Rome and depend on the Vatican.

Feb 26, 2023 18:45

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Francis•Vatican City

The Intelligence of the Hands: Pope’s Reflection to Students and Professors of the Roman Pontifical Universities

Among the three intelligences that stir the human soul, the Holy Father spoke of that of the mind, of the heart and of the hands, each one with its own timbre and character, and all necessary.

Feb 26, 2023 18:39

ZENIT Staff

Church and World•Vatican City

Oman: New Country with Which the Vatican Establishes Diplomatic Relations

With this new diplomatic agreement, the Holy See now has bilateral relations with 184 countries (with 182 if Palestine and the Order of Malta are left out, as they have special relations). Oman was one of the Muslim countries with which the Holy See did not have diplomatic relations.

Feb 23, 2023 22:39

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Church and World•Dicasteries

Holy See will participate in the Venice Biennale: this is what its pavilion will look like

Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, Commissioner of the Holy See’s Pavilion, has expressed his delight that it has been possible to secure the Holy See’s presence at a Biennale which celebrates the role of architects in creating a better and more sustainable future for our world.

Feb 21, 2023 14:07

ZENIT Staff

Protection of vulnerable people•Sanctity of Life

New Study Confirms that Abortions Have No Positive Effect on a Woman’s Psyche

The study questions legislation on abortion in Germany and Austria. In these countries, abortion has been exempt from penalty for almost 50 years, to avoid alleged “serious damages to the mental health of a pregnant woman.

Feb 20, 2023 23:20

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

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Five People Can Inherit From Benedict XVI

The John Paul II Case: This Is the Message that the Polish Bishops Asked to Be Read in All Parishes

Canada: Jesuits publish names of members credibly accused of child sex abuse

In Ten Years of Pope Francis’ Pontificate, the Number of Women Working in the Vatican Has Increased from 846 to 1,165

By Order of the Pope, Will Cardinals and Bishops Pay for the Apartments Where They Live in the Vatican?

Pope Francis and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Will Receive Victims of Abuses on International Women’s Day

France: Civil Justice Files Investigation against Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard Due to Expiration

The Current State of Ecclesiastical Universities in Rome: Numbers, History and Formative Offer

The Intelligence of the Hands: Pope’s Reflection to Students and Professors of the Roman Pontifical Universities

Oman: New Country with Which the Vatican Establishes Diplomatic Relations

Holy See will participate in the Venice Biennale: this is what its pavilion will look like

New Study Confirms that Abortions Have No Positive Effect on a Woman’s Psyche