Barcelona: Antonio Gaudí’s Beatification Process Advances

Dec 22, 2023 00:35

Dante Alba, LC

Antoni Gaudí was a Catalan architect born in 1852 in the heart of a well-off family. Photo: Misioneros de África

Rome

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General Audience•Pope Francis

4 teachings of the nativity scene at Christmas explained by Pope Francis

Pope’s General Audience December 20, 2023 on the teachings of the manger, crib or nativity scene

Dec 21, 2023 01:41

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

USA: Bishop Barron Says New Vatican Document Affirms Church’s Timeless Teaching on Marriage

The document released this week by the Vatican on the pastoral meaning of blessings insists that marriage is a union of one man and one woman in lifelong fidelity and openness to children, said Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester.

Dec 21, 2023 01:40

ZENIT Staff

Good News

Order of Malta’s flag flies into space with “Axiom 3” mission

At the end of the space mission – which will have a scheduled duration of 14 days – the flag will be returned to the Order of Malta as part of a special ceremony at the Magistral Palace, the seat of the Order of Malta’s government in Rome.

Dec 21, 2023 00:11

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

After 19 months in prison, Christian mother released on bail in Nigeria

Rhoda Jatau now safe in undisclosed location while she awaits trial, still facing up to 5 years imprisonment. Jatau, a Christian and mother of 5, was imprisoned for allegedly sharing a blasphemous video that condemned the lynching of Christian college student Deborah Emmanuel Yakubu.

Dec 21, 2023 00:09

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians

Israel destroys homes of Catholics in southern Lebanon

More than 130 people have died in Lebanon because of violence in the border region, including 17 civilians, according to media reports. While Israeli strikes have been directed at Hezbollah targets, located mostly in Shi‘a areas, a number of Christian villages also suffered collateral damage.

Dec 20, 2023 02:49

Amy Balog

Photo Gallery: Leo XIV Now Has An Official Mosaic to Enrich St. Paul’s Basilica, and This Is How He Reacted When It Was Shown to Him

Just over eight months after the election of Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican Mosaic Workshop has completed the mosaic portrait for the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, at the request of the Archpriest of the Basilica, Cardinal James Michael Harvey.

How Jesus Christ transforms man’s relationship with God, according to Pope Leo XIV

Pope’s general audience, January 14, 2026, on the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum on Divine Revelation

Barcelona: Antonio Gaudí’s Beatification Process Advances

From Nazareth to Bethlehem: the 2023rd Christmas

Cardinal of Kinshasa asks all African episcopates to make common pronouncement on gay blessings

Rome: Pope Francis goes to south city parish to speak with priests

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Listening, discerning, walking: Francis’ tasks to Curia and Cardinals explained with Mary, John and the Magi

Holy See confirms participation in Osaka EXPO 2025

4 teachings of the nativity scene at Christmas explained by Pope Francis

USA: Bishop Barron Says New Vatican Document Affirms Church’s Timeless Teaching on Marriage

Order of Malta’s flag flies into space with “Axiom 3” mission

After 19 months in prison, Christian mother released on bail in Nigeria

Israel destroys homes of Catholics in southern Lebanon