Vatican Gardens Open to the Possibility of Visits During the Month of May

Apr 19, 2023 11:54

ZENIT Staff

Vatican Gardens © Flickr / Óscar Spain

Dicasteries•Pope Francis•Vatican City

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

One out of every four of the Vatican’s employees is a woman.

Mar 08, 2023 07:16

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

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

Among its most important points, a rescript orders, in the name of the Supreme Pontiff, that a property cannot be enjoyed in the Vatican for free or in favourable conditions, including if one is a Cardinal or works as an ecclesiastic for the Holy See.

Feb 28, 2023 16:04

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•Pope Francis•Vatican City

Jesuits Question Pontiff About Why Pedro Arrupe Isn’t Canonized, About the Election of Jesuit Bishops and About Why He Accepted to Be Pope

The Pope answered Jesuits’ questions during his recent trip to the Congo and South Sudan.

Feb 16, 2023 20:27

ZENIT Staff

Amid the polarization between Trump and Leo XIV, U.S. police respond to a bomb threat at the home of the Pope’s brother

Police in New Lenox, a suburban community outside Chicago, responded on the evening of April 15 at approximately 6:30 p.m. to reports of a bomb threat at the home of John Prevost, one of the Pope’s two older brothers

Leo XIV on TIME magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people

Pope Benedict XVI appeared three times, while Francis was featured on six occasions, reflecting different phases in the Church’s engagement with global issues

Vatican Gardens Open to the Possibility of Visits During the Month of May

From Saint Peter’s Square, Pope Francis Defends Saint John Paul II Publicly

Vatican: Advent of An Observatory for Marian Apparitions and Mystical Phenomena Related to the Virgin Mary

Oldest Fragment of the New Testament Is in the Vatican Library

Pope Appoints New “Major” for His Army: The Swiss Guards

Pope Francis: A More Stable Law to Fight Against the Abuse of Minors

Vatican telescope searches for new worlds: here’s what it has found

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?

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

Jesuits Question Pontiff About Why Pedro Arrupe Isn’t Canonized, About the Election of Jesuit Bishops and About Why He Accepted to Be Pope