Pope To Composers: To Compose Music Is a Metaphor of Life

Sep 16, 2023 19:54

ZENIT Staff

Participants of the Christmas Contest 2023 Photo: Vatican Media

Local Church•Rome

Prelate of Opus Dei reports on the work of adapting its Statutes

The Prelate does so in a letter sent to the members of the Prelature

Sep 13, 2023 23:32

ZENIT Staff

General Audience•Pope Francis

Apostolic zeal is not following one’s own aspirations, but availability to God’s designs, Pope Francis explains

Pope’s General Audience September 13 on Blessed José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, doctor of the poor and apostle of peace

Sep 13, 2023 23:29

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

A «Personal Prelature» for «Filipino emigrants» under study

The debate within the Philippine Bishops’ Conference over the proposal to establish a personal prelature for Filipino migrants has been going on for at least three years. The Bishops’ Conference, meanwhile, has set up a special commission to carry out further studies and assessments on the proposal before submitting the matter to the Holy See and making a formal request.

Sep 13, 2023 23:11

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Rome

Syro-Malankara Orthodox celebrate Mass in one of Rome’s four main basilicas

A day later, the Syro-Malankar Orthodox leader was received in audience by the Pope at the Vatican. Mutual speeches were followed by a common prayer in Pope Francis’s private chapel.

Sep 12, 2023 23:02

ZENIT Staff

Rome

200 years after the fire of St. Paul’s Outside the Walls, the bands of the Italian Army and the Vatican offer a concert

The event, organized by the Basilica and the adjacent Abbey of St. Paul, will feature a joint performance by the Vatican Gendarmerie Band and the Italian Army Band, under the direction of Maestros Stefano Iannilli and Major Filippo Cangiamila, respectively.

Sep 12, 2023 21:51

ZENIT Staff

The art of refraining from taking advantage of fame, popularity, and success, according to Pope Leo XIV

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, January 18, 2026

Pope Leo XIV approves a jubilee year to mark 800 years since the death of St. Francis: here’s what you need to know

As part of the centenary observances, the Holy See has also announced an exceptional opportunity for veneration: from 22 February to 22 March 2026, the body of Saint Francis will be brought out of its crypt

Pope To Composers: To Compose Music Is a Metaphor of Life

What does the letter sent to all bishops on the eve of the synod on synodality say?

Pope receives the King and Queen of Belgium, and the Queen benefits from the privilege granted to Catholic queens

China officially receives Pope’s envoy, Cardinal Zuppi

Pope Francis Intervenes in the Pontifical Urban University

“Walk and Serve”: Pope’s Message to Participants in Ecumenical Meeting

Pope Effects Five Changes in the Holy See

Prelate of Opus Dei reports on the work of adapting its Statutes

Apostolic zeal is not following one’s own aspirations, but availability to God’s designs, Pope Francis explains

A «Personal Prelature» for «Filipino emigrants» under study

Syro-Malankara Orthodox celebrate Mass in one of Rome’s four main basilicas

200 years after the fire of St. Paul’s Outside the Walls, the bands of the Italian Army and the Vatican offer a concert