The Christmas tree is already in the Vatican, and so is a question with an answer: is it right to cut down a tree like this?

Nov 27, 2025 18:03

At twenty-five meters high and weighing around eight tons, the spruce is a gift from two neighbouring municipalities, Lagundo and Val d’Ultimo Photo: Governatorato SCV

Dicasteries•Vatican City

Journalist slanders Cardinal Becciu and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints: Vatican court finds him guilty

The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, which supervises the Church’s complex processes of beatification and canonization, reacted swiftly to the judgment, describing it as a “necessary act of justice.”

Oct 31, 2025 18:08

Valentina di Giorgio

Good News•Local Church•Vatican City

United States to Exhibit Largest Collection of Vatican Treasures Outside Europe

The exhibition will display 300 items, including Pope Pius XII’s radio microphone, his papal ring, and an extremely rare historic Swiss Guard uniform.

Oct 29, 2025 19:58

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Liturgy and Divine Worship•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican City

The traditional Latin Mass celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica marks a new chapter under the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

For the first time since 2019, the so-called “old Mass” — the usus antiquior of the Roman Rite — resounded beneath Michelangelo’s dome. Roughly three thousand pilgrims, many of them young families with children and lace-veiled women, filled the basilica

Oct 28, 2025 20:07

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

Vatican Unveils Bold Climate Plan to Become the World’s First Carbon-Neutral State

If the Vatican succeeds in achieving carbon neutrality, it will do more than power its lights with the sun. It will have illuminated a path for others—a reminder that in the global struggle against climate change, conviction may yet prove stronger than capacity.

Oct 21, 2025 12:22

ZENIT Staff

Rome•Vatican City

The Vatican will host the Fifth World Meeting of Popular Movements: we explain what it is all about

On October 23, Pope Leo XIV will meet the participants in the Paul VI Hall, continuing the dialogue opened by Pope Francis more than a decade ago. For many, this encounter symbolizes the continuity of a pastoral vision that places the Church squarely within the struggles of the poor and the working class

Oct 19, 2025 12:05

Valentina di Giorgio

Peruvian government announces Pope’s trip; Vatican officially announces he will not visit the United States

On February 8, the Holy See confirmed that Leo XIV, the first American-born pope, has no plans to travel to the United States during the coming year, despite the symbolic coincidence of the country’s semiquincentennial

Joy, the taste of life, and how to rekindle it: a simple meditation by Pope Leo XIV

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, February 8, 2026

The Christmas tree is already in the Vatican, and so is a question with an answer: is it right to cut down a tree like this?

The Holy See closes 2024 with a surplus of €1.6 million

This is what working hours will be like in the Vatican and the protection against nepotism according to the new Regulations of Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV corrects Pope Francis’ canonical error: now any woman (or lay person) can be governor of the Vatican

Vatican publishes interim reports on controversial issues arising from the previous synod on synodality

Pope Leo XIV opens the Vatican to Hollywood with an audience attended by these actors and actresses

Pope Leo XIV creates the position of deputy manager of the Prefecture of the Papal Household for an African Augustinian

Journalist slanders Cardinal Becciu and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints: Vatican court finds him guilty

United States to Exhibit Largest Collection of Vatican Treasures Outside Europe

The traditional Latin Mass celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica marks a new chapter under the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

Vatican Unveils Bold Climate Plan to Become the World’s First Carbon-Neutral State

The Vatican will host the Fifth World Meeting of Popular Movements: we explain what it is all about