«I’m Living a Time of Healing»: This Is the State of the Pope’s Health After a Week in the Vatican

Mar 30, 2025 19:48

Jorge Enrique Mújica

The limited mobility of the Pope's arm, which was very evident on Sunday, March 23 Photo: AFP

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Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” sequel to begin filming in August 2025

Returning alongside Caviezel are Maia Morgenstern, who portrayed Mary, and Francesco De Vito, who played Saint Peter, according to IMDb.

Mar 28, 2025 18:23

Tim Daniels

Pope Francis•Protection of vulnerable people

Pope Francis Calls for a Cultural Shift in Child Protection Within the Church

«Prevention of abuse is not a blanket to be pulled out in times of emergency but one of the foundations on which to build communities faithful to the Gospel,» the pope wrote to the participants of the PCPM’s Plenary Assembly, held from March 24 to 28.

Mar 28, 2025 18:20

Valentina di Giorgio

Local Church

Result of the German Synodal Way? Half a million Catholics leave the Church, official figures show

Additionally, while the number of people formally leaving the Church remains high, there is a clear downward trend. In 2024, 321,611 individuals officially left Catholicism, compared to 402,694 the year before and an all-time high of 500,000 in 2022. The latter figure was strongly influenced by a high-profile report on clergy abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, which triggered widespread disillusionment.

Mar 27, 2025 22:10

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Pope Francis

Cardinal Parolin gives details on Pope in Vatican and raises juncture for new form of government

Speaking on March 27 at an event in Sacrofano, near Rome, Parolin shared that he continuously receives messages from people praying for the pope’s full recovery. «Perhaps he won’t be able to work as before, and in that case, we must find different ways for him to continue leading the Church,» he said.

Mar 27, 2025 22:07

Valentina di Giorgio

Cardinals and Bishops•Holy Land

Cardinal of Jerusalem: “I don’t know how we are still standing; the situation is against us”

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, described the worsening reality on the ground. «When the ceasefire in Gaza began, operations in the West Bank intensified,» he told a delegation from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) in Jerusalem. «Hundreds of new checkpoints were set up, particularly in places like Jenin, making life even more difficult for residents.»

Mar 27, 2025 22:04

ZENIT Staff

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«I’m Living a Time of Healing»: This Is the State of the Pope’s Health After a Week in the Vatican

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