Pope Francis Telephones Mother of Youth Who Died after Attending Lisbon’s WYD

Aug 20, 2023 21:59

ZENIT Staff

Phone Call From Pope Francis. Photo: Diario Yucatán

Local Church

Towards a Schism Over the Liturgy? Syro-Malabreses Throw Eggs at Pope’s Delegate

The point of conflict continues being the compromise solution between the different forms used previously, adopted by the Syro-Malabar Synod in 2021, which establishes that the Celebrant must go up to the altar during the central moment of the liturgy. The overwhelming majority of the clergy of Ernakulam-Angamaly, which constitutes the largest Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church and embraces a tenth of the faithful, reject this solution.

Aug 16, 2023 19:38

Elena Barlozzari

Young People

45,000 Young People, the Jesus of “The Chosen,” Pope Francis and Matt Maher in a Lisbon

An event of praise with 45,000 young people and a video message of the Pope in Lisbon

Aug 16, 2023 18:26

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Rome

A few meters from the Vatican, archaeologists discover Nero’s Theater, where Christians were martyred

While authors like Pliny, Suetonius, and Tacitus had made reference to the existence of this theater in proximity to the Vatican, the density of buildings in the area, many possessing considerable artistic and cultural value, had traditionally hindered any attempts at archaeological excavations to confirm its location.

Aug 16, 2023 16:15

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Church and World

Is There a Rebirth of Catholic Media? Catholics, Faith and Confessional Media Consumption

A study of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate reflects the good health enjoyed by Confessional media, Catholics’ assessment of diocesan newspapers, which opens to reflection on areas of opportunity in the media of Catholic identity.

Aug 16, 2023 15:24

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Testimonies•WYD Lisbon 2023

Miracle in Lisbon’s WYD: 16-Year-Old Girl Recovers Her Sight after Praying the Rosary with the Pope

On Saturday morning, August 5, Jimena Barón woke up in Lisbon with blurry vision, just as on the days before her trip. She and her family regard the recovery of her sight as a miracle, fruit of the devotion and faith with which she lived a Novena to the Virgin of the Snows.

Aug 16, 2023 07:07

Rafael Llanes

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

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Pope Francis Telephones Mother of Youth Who Died after Attending Lisbon’s WYD

Jesus’ Change of Attitude and the Woman’s Faith: This Is How Pope Francis Explained the Gospel Passage of Jesus and the Canaanite Woman to 10,000 People

Nigeria: Christian killings ‘go on and on’, no arrests or consequences for terrorists

Ultimatum from the Pontifical Delegate: warns of canonical penalties for priests who litigate over liturgy in India

Pakistan: 21 churches razed to the ground, 1,000 Christians affected. Islamists attack images of Jesus and Mary

New director of the prestigious Ecole Biblique de Jerusalem

Pope Francis receives in audience the President of Madagascar

Towards a Schism Over the Liturgy? Syro-Malabreses Throw Eggs at Pope’s Delegate

45,000 Young People, the Jesus of “The Chosen,” Pope Francis and Matt Maher in a Lisbon

A few meters from the Vatican, archaeologists discover Nero’s Theater, where Christians were martyred

Is There a Rebirth of Catholic Media? Catholics, Faith and Confessional Media Consumption

Miracle in Lisbon’s WYD: 16-Year-Old Girl Recovers Her Sight after Praying the Rosary with the Pope