Russia bans Knights of Columbus, Caritas and Greek Catholic Church in occupied Ukraine

Dec 14, 2023 13:59

n addition to the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, the Russian occupation authorities also banned the activities of other organizations Photo: Religion Digital

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians

22 Christians killed in Gaza. Unexploded rocket found in parish church

An airstrike killed 17 Christians sheltering in the Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius on 19th October, and five others have died from the lack of medical care.

Dec 12, 2023 23:46

Amy Balog

Church and World•Vatican City

UNESCO Approves Plan for Swiss Guard’s New Barracks in the Vatican

With this approval, the project’s detailed planning will begin in 2024 and the actual construction in early 2026.

Dec 12, 2023 23:43

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis•Vatican City

Pope Explains Why the Vatican’s Nativity Scene Evokes Bethlehem and Saint Francis

Greeting of His Holiness Pope Francis to the donors of the Nativity Scene and Christmas tree in Saint Peter’s Square

Dec 12, 2023 23:39

ZENIT Staff

Angelus•Pope Francis

This Is How Pope Francis Explains John the Baptist: With the Desert and the Voice

Address on the occasion of the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, December 10, the Second Sunday of Advent

Dec 12, 2023 23:35

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries

Vatican on Ashes of Deceased: Could Be Preserved But Prohibited to Scatter

Response to His Eminence, Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna, on two questions regarding the preservation of ashes of the deceased subjected to cremation.

Dec 12, 2023 23:03

ZENIT Staff

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

Russia bans Knights of Columbus, Caritas and Greek Catholic Church in occupied Ukraine

John the Baptist: witness of light and joy

Where will Pope Francis be buried? He himself makes it known

Confirmed: Pope Francis to visit Belgium in 2024

Re-inauguration of Notre Dame de Paris will be in 2024. Macron invites the Pope

Pope concludes catechesis on apostolic zeal by explaining Christian openness to Word and service

The manger as told by Pope Francis in a new book.

22 Christians killed in Gaza. Unexploded rocket found in parish church

UNESCO Approves Plan for Swiss Guard’s New Barracks in the Vatican

Pope Explains Why the Vatican’s Nativity Scene Evokes Bethlehem and Saint Francis

This Is How Pope Francis Explains John the Baptist: With the Desert and the Voice

Vatican on Ashes of Deceased: Could Be Preserved But Prohibited to Scatter