Vatican Christmas tree to be lit on December 7, 2024: these are the details of the tree and nativity scene

Sep 26, 2024 07:38

ZENIT Staff

The Nativity and tree will remain on display until January 12, 2025 Photo:

Mathematics, as explored in the "AlMadar" section, is one such truth, offering a common ground for understanding across time and space.

The theme for the 2025 World Communications Day is particularly timely in an era where the polarization of opinions is deepening

The Virgin Mary, dressed in a traditional Korean “hanbok”, stands as a figure of maternal care and divine protection.

Monsignor Zhan Silu is Bishop in the province of Fujian, an area in China with a great Catholic presence

The broader context involves a significant espionage scandal that has rocked Italy.

Yaron Sideman presented Pope Francis with his credentials, officially accrediting him as the Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Holy See.

Dicasteries•Rome•Vatican City

Seven Items Are Revealed About the Forthcoming Synod on Synodality

Total number of women with the right to vote, sins for which forgiveness will be asked, increase in non-Catholic presence or topics of public forums are some of the new features for this second and final part of the synod on synodality

Sep 19, 2024 07:18

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Rome•Vatican City

Ratzinger Prize 2024 to theologian Cyril O’Regan and sculptor Etsurō Sotoo

With the 2024 edition, the Awardees will reach a total number of 30. They are mainly eminent personalities in the studies of Dogmatic or Fundamental Theology, Sacred Scripture, Patrology, Philosophy, Law, Sociology, or in artistic activity, music, architecture and now also sculpture.

Sep 18, 2024 18:24

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis•Vatican City

Pope to receive Popular Movements at Vatican: housing, land, and work

Popular Movements to commemorate ten years since their first meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican

Sep 10, 2024 12:05

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

Vatican goes further in clean energy: panels now also in its Museums

The Vatican’s Green Revolution: A Small State with a Big Environmental Ambition

Aug 30, 2024 15:56

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Vatican City

Vatican City’s immigration law, one of the strictest in Europe

Vatican citizenship is a rare status, tightly controlled and highly coveted. According to official records, only 618 individuals hold Vatican citizenship, making it the most exclusive in the world.

Aug 29, 2024 20:02

ZENIT Staff

Antony Blinken Meets Pope Francis Amid Global Turmoil: A Push for Peace and Humanitarian Action

Pope announces inclusion of Chinese in general audiences

Speaking to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on November 27, Pope Francis shared, “With the start of Advent next week, the catechesis summary during the General Audience will also be translated into Chinese.”

Vatican Christmas tree to be lit on December 7, 2024: these are the details of the tree and nativity scene

Vatican in Saudi Arabia thanks to Vatican Apostolic Library

Theme for World Communications Day 2025 announced

A Korean Virgin Mary in the Pope’s Vatican Gardens

Bishop Who Was Excommunicated Will Participate in the Synod on Synodality

Shadow of espionage shakes Vatican: Inquiry into leaks in London financial scandal

New Israeli ambassador to the Vatican presents himself to the Pope

Seven Items Are Revealed About the Forthcoming Synod on Synodality

Ratzinger Prize 2024 to theologian Cyril O’Regan and sculptor Etsurō Sotoo

Pope to receive Popular Movements at Vatican: housing, land, and work

Vatican goes further in clean energy: panels now also in its Museums

Vatican City’s immigration law, one of the strictest in Europe