Where do the Trevi Fountain coins go and what does the Pope have to do with that destination?

Dec 11, 2023 23:24

Tourists daily toss coins, hoping that by some twist of fate, it will somehow lead to their return to the Italian capital. Photo: HuffPost

Pope Francis

[PHOTO GALLERY] These were the golden roses that the Pope gave to the Virgin Mary

Before heading to the Spanish Steps for the tribute to the Immaculate Conception, the Pope greeted some of those present, especially the sick.

Dec 08, 2023 01:45

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Pope Francis

Pope Francis announces first World Children’s Day at the Vatican for 2024

The initiative, sponsored by the Dicastery for Culture and Education, answers the question: what kind of world do we want to pass on to children growing up?

Dec 08, 2023 01:41

ZENIT Staff

Angelus•Pope Francis

2 ways Mary guarded her sinless heart (explained by the Pope)

Allocution on the occasion of the recitation of the Angelus on Friday, December 8, 2023, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary

Dec 08, 2023 01:37

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Francis

6 new ambassadors to the Vatican present themselves to the Pope

Address of the Pope during the ceremony of presentation of credentials of the new ambassadors of Kuwait, New Zealand, Malawi, Guinea, Sweden and Chad to the Holy See.

Dec 08, 2023 01:34

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Francis

Pope accepts resignation of leader of Syro-Malabar Catholics in India with heartfelt letter

Letter of the Pope to Cardinal Mar George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, of the Syro-Malabar, in India, on the occasion of his acceptance of his resignation

Dec 08, 2023 01:31

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

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Where do the Trevi Fountain coins go and what does the Pope have to do with that destination?

Bishop of Barbastro announces that the former shrine of Opus Dei in Spain will be diocesan

Italian Church responds to accusations of subsidizing illegal migration

Pope’s moving prayer before the Immaculate Conception in Rome

Israel damages Gaza Catholic parish with airstrike

Vatican’s Economic Reform Has Just Begun: ZENIT’s Translation of Pope’s Letter into English

Pontifical Academy of Theology renewed: 8 new members, 2 of them women

[PHOTO GALLERY] These were the golden roses that the Pope gave to the Virgin Mary

Pope Francis announces first World Children’s Day at the Vatican for 2024

2 ways Mary guarded her sinless heart (explained by the Pope)

6 new ambassadors to the Vatican present themselves to the Pope

Pope accepts resignation of leader of Syro-Malabar Catholics in India with heartfelt letter