Pope Francis turns 87 and becomes the third longest-serving Pope in history

Dec 17, 2023 13:16

With this anniversary, he is added to the list of the three oldest Popes in the history of the Church. Photo: Vatican Media

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians

Israeli army attacks Catholic parish of the Holy Family in Gaza

Israelis open fire on Christians in Gaza. Christians are being targeted by Israeli snipers. Mother and daughter killed.

Dec 16, 2023 20:47

ZENIT Staff

Causes of Saints•Pope Francis

Pope sets date for canonization of Argentinean «Mama Antula»

(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 12.16.2023).- After the usual consultation with the College of Cardinals, Pope Francis decided to proceed with the Canonization of Blessed María Antonia de San José (in secular life: María Antonia De Paz y Figueroa), known as Mama […]

Dec 16, 2023 20:42

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Pro Life

Do women suffer from depression after their abortions?

A recent systematic review and meta-analysis in BMC Psychiatry claims that globally the prevalence of post-abortion depression is 34.5% — more than one in three women.

Dec 16, 2023 19:18

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Woman

Vatican Explains That Single Mothers Can Go to Communion

Letter to His Excellency, The Most Reverend Ramón Alfredo de la Cruz Baldera, Bishop of the Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic, on single mothers’ access to Eucharistic Communio.

Dec 14, 2023 14:05

ZENIT Staff

Testimonies

Syria and Lebanon: where nuns become Santa Claus for children at Christmas time

Those receiving gifts this Christmas include the children of two widows, Farha and Nidaa, from the Lebanese village of Qaa on the Syrian border, whose husbands – the families’ sole breadwinners – were killed in a Daesh (ISIS) suicide attack in 2016.

Dec 14, 2023 14:02

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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

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Pope Francis turns 87 and becomes the third longest-serving Pope in history

Gaza: how Israel killed Catholic mother and daughter and fired rocket at missionaries of charity. Pope raises his voice

What does it mean to bear witness to the light? Pope Francis explains

Vatican Sentences Cardinal Becciu: Prison, Fine and Not in Perpetuity Without Charges

Holy See dissolves the Loyola Community founded by Rupnik

Russia confirms collaboration with Vatican to facilitate reunion of displaced children with their families

Vatican hosts Arab League, Israel attacks Catholic parish in Gaza

Israeli army attacks Catholic parish of the Holy Family in Gaza

Pope sets date for canonization of Argentinean «Mama Antula»

Do women suffer from depression after their abortions?

Vatican Explains That Single Mothers Can Go to Communion

Syria and Lebanon: where nuns become Santa Claus for children at Christmas time