Swiss Guard: the Vatican army will “celebrate” its anniversary without the Pope and in this way

May 03, 2025 20:28

Under normal circumstances, May 6 is also the day on which new recruits — all young Catholic men of Swiss nationality Photo: Pontifical Swiss Guard

Cardinals and Bishops

According To Statistics, Betting Houses and Cardinals’ Statements, How Many Days Will The Conclave Last?

From 1850 to 2013, the year in which Pope Francis was elected, the average number of days to elect a Pope has been 3 days.

May 02, 2025 15:25

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church•Religious Freedom

USA: Supreme Court Hears Landmark Case on Religious Charter Schools

The case centers on St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, a proposed online institution backed by Oklahoma’s Catholic leadership and approved by the state’s Charter School Board last year. The school is designed to deliver a curriculum explicitly rooted in Catholic doctrine, with its mission unapologetically aligned with evangelization

May 02, 2025 13:54

Tim Daniels

Local Church

Korean Catholic Church publishes its statistics: shocking growth!

In 2024, over 58,000 baptisms were recorded—a 13.7% increase from the previous year. This growth, fueled in part by adult converts and family baptisms, reflects a continued interest in Catholicism’s moral clarity and intellectual tradition, even amid a highly secularized society.

May 02, 2025 13:49

Lim Kym

Cardinals and Bishops

8th General Congress of Cardinals: Scandals, Liturgy, Canon Law and Continuity of Topics Addressed

The Cardinals reflected today on the hermeneutic of continuity between the pontificates of Saint John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, as well as on the role of the Eucharist, also in the Church’s evangelizing mission. The works ended at 12:30 p.m.

May 02, 2025 10:13

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Cardinals and Bishops

In Face of the Conclave There Are Four Absolute Conditions for the Good of the Church, Says Cardenal Camillo Ruini

I trust in a good and charitable Church, doctrinally sound, governed according to the rule of law, and deeply united within. These are my prayer intentions, which I would like to see widely shared.

May 02, 2025 07:55

ZENIT Staff

The art of refraining from taking advantage of fame, popularity, and success, according to Pope Leo XIV

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, January 18, 2026

Pope Leo XIV approves a jubilee year to mark 800 years since the death of St. Francis: here’s what you need to know

As part of the centenary observances, the Holy See has also announced an exceptional opportunity for veneration: from 22 February to 22 March 2026, the body of Saint Francis will be brought out of its crypt

Swiss Guard: the Vatican army will “celebrate” its anniversary without the Pope and in this way

Peculiar audience at the Vatican for the vice-president of Zimbabwe: who receives him if there is no Pope and no Secretary of State?

PHOTO GALLERY: how the Sistine Chapel is getting ready to host the Conclave 2025

The Gospel meditated by the Pope: unpublished TV interview with Francis unveiled

“Giro d’Italia” will pay tribute to Pope Francis: the elite of world cycling will pass through the Vatican

9th General Congregation of Cardinals: communion, Francis’ magisterium, curia and synodality were the topics discussed

During the Pontificate of Pope Francis, the Number of People Who Came to See the Pope Plummeted

According To Statistics, Betting Houses and Cardinals’ Statements, How Many Days Will The Conclave Last?

USA: Supreme Court Hears Landmark Case on Religious Charter Schools

Korean Catholic Church publishes its statistics: shocking growth!

8th General Congress of Cardinals: Scandals, Liturgy, Canon Law and Continuity of Topics Addressed

In Face of the Conclave There Are Four Absolute Conditions for the Good of the Church, Says Cardenal Camillo Ruini