God the Father’s favorites: Pope Francis’ meditation on children in the context of the Christmas season

Jan 08, 2025 17:41

ZENIT Staff

was held in the Paul VI Audience Hall in Vatican City Photo: Vatican Media

Pope Francis has elevated 16 Carmelite nuns from Compiègne

Causes of Saints•Good News

Discovering the true face of St. Nicholas: Brazilian designer reconstructs Santa’s face

The reconstruction process relied on facial approximation techniques that use skeletal remains to infer physical features. This method, widely employed in forensic science, bridges the gap between archaeology and modern visualization.

Dec 19, 2024 11:41

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

Vatican To Open Its First Daycare Center

This new service, inside the Pope’s City, will care for 30 children from 3 to 36 months old. It will open next Spring, Monday to Friday, from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm. The project is in response to a request of Vatican City’s lay employees.

Dec 17, 2024 07:40

Rafael Llanes

Ecumenism•Pope Francis

Pope Francis Emphasizes Unity and Shared Mission During Meeting with Methodists

Pope to World Methodist Council delegation

Dec 16, 2024 17:36

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope Francis in Ajaccio: A Meeting Between Spirituality and Dialogue in the Heart of The Mediterranean

The visit ended with a meeting between Pope Francis and French President Emmanuel Macron, marking a gesture of mutual respect between the Church and State. Before his departure, the Holy Father signed the Book of Honour of Ajaccio’s Municipal Council, leaving a message of peace and hope for the Corsican community.

Dec 15, 2024 06:56

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Testimonies•Vocations

The Papal Foundation Awards $800,000 in Scholarships to 110 Priests, Brothers, Sisters, and Lay Faithful

Since its founding, the program has provided nearly $14 million in scholarships to more than 1700 individuals, known as Saeman Scholars, to advance their education and prepare them to return home and serve in leadership positions in their own countries.

Dec 13, 2024 13:52

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV Speaks Again About Trump and the War (and It Is Announced That the Pope Will Carry the Cross Throughout the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday)

Referring indirectly to geopolitical developments, including statements by Donald Trump about ending ongoing conflicts, Leo expressed cautious hope that political leaders might be seeking “a way out” of violence

Pope Leo XIV Reverses Another Decision of Pope Francis: World Children’s Day Cancelled in Rome

All initiatives aimed at children’s ministry may be celebrated, at the discretion of the Bishops, at the diocesan or parish level.

God the Father’s favorites: Pope Francis’ meditation on children in the context of the Christmas season

What does it mean that Jesus is the light that shines in the darkness and that the darkness did not overcome him? Pope Francis answers

Pope Francis canonizes the nuns whose martyrdom meant the end of the French Revolution: famous for the book by Geroge Bernanos

Christmas Break at ZENIT

Pope’s article in The New York Times: There Is Faith in Humor

Work and family: the Pope’s Christmas reflection to Vatican employees

Pope Francis Extends a Hand of Compassion to Ukraine This Christmas

Discovering the true face of St. Nicholas: Brazilian designer reconstructs Santa’s face

Vatican To Open Its First Daycare Center

Pope Francis Emphasizes Unity and Shared Mission During Meeting with Methodists

Pope Francis in Ajaccio: A Meeting Between Spirituality and Dialogue in the Heart of The Mediterranean

The Papal Foundation Awards $800,000 in Scholarships to 110 Priests, Brothers, Sisters, and Lay Faithful