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How Is the Jubilee Going and What Impressions Do Those Who Organized It Have? ZENIT’s Interview with Monsignor Rino Fisichella
(ZENIT News / Rome, 09.07.2025) – Since the opening of the Holy Door last December 2024, the Vatican has already welcomed millions of pilgrims from all walks of life. Since January 2025, numerous events have been held, attracting an...

QSL postcards instead of WhatsApp
"Ding-ding," the doorbell chimes. "Diiing-diiing," it insistently plays its brief aria. On tiptoe, I approach the peephole of the brown leather-covered door. At the threshold stand my neighbor girls, each holding a few candy boxes adorned with...

The greatest photography exhibition of all time
I am sitting on a neat little park bench in a tiny medieval town in rural Luxembourg, and I am enjoying a peculiar sensation for which the English language has no precise word. It is the beautiful yet bittersweet silence induced by an encounter...

Vatican Tribute Honors Salvadoran Diplomat Who Saved Thousands During the Holocaust.
The Embassy of El Salvador to the Holy See recently marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with a special tribute to Colonel José Arturo Castellanos, a Salvadoran diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. The event...

French Bishop to lead Vatican's minors-protection commission
Pope Leo XIV holds a drawing during an audience with children and young people during the 'Estate Ragazzi in Vaticano' summer camp in Vatican City on Thursday. Photo by Vatican Media/EPA July 5 (UPI) -- French Archbishop Thibault Verny is the...

Vatican names panel of independent judges for trial of disgraced ex-Jesuit Marko Rupnik
(OSV News) -- The Vatican has officially named the judges who will oversee the canonical trial of Father Marko Rupnik, the disgraced Slovenian priest and artist accused of sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing more than two dozen...

Vatican spokesman: ‘Traditionis custodes’ leak ‘very partial’
A Vatican spokesman argued Thursday that leaked documents suggesting the world’s bishops did not favor a clampdown on the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite when they were surveyed in 2020 were “very partial and incomplete.” Holy See press...

Vatican Cardinal Suggests Pope Leo Help Bridge U.S.-N. Korea Divide
(MENAFN) In a bold statement on Thursday, Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik, the first Korean prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy, emphasized the potential role Pope Leo XIV could play in improving relations between the United States...

Vatican officially names panel of judges for canonical trial of Father Rupnik
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks to reporters at the Vatican Sept. 19, 2024. The cardinal confirmed July 3, 2025, the Vatican has officially named a panel of judges for the canonical...
Melania Trump's fashion, outings during second term
Melania Trump's every move has captured the public's imagination, like Michelle Obama before her, since she entered the White House in 2017. Her outings are the source of fodder and constant attention from onlookers of her modern approach to the...

Vatican document leak reignites Latin Mass debate
Documents have emerged, in what appears a leak at the Vatican, which indicate that the majority of Catholic bishops did not support the move by Pope Francis to restrict the Latin Mass. The texts from the Vatican’s doctrine office were posted...

Saints new helmets a nod to Pope Leo XIV?
It’s about time for a total refresh in Saintsland. It was a season that started full of promise was derailed by injuries. The Saints started 2-0 on the season, scoring 91 points in the first two weeks of the season. There was hope in New Orleans...

Vatican correspondent reports ‘major cracks’ in basis of Traditionis Custodes
Senior American journalist and Vatican correspondent Diane Montagna reported July 1 that she has obtained the Vatican’s overall assessment of bishops’ responses to a 2020 questionnaire, the results of which were cited as the basis for Pope...
Malta International Contemporary Art Space formally opens new exhibition 'The Space We Inhabit'
Last month, Malta International Contemporary Art Space (MICAS) formally opened its third exhibition since its grand opening in October 2024, with the group show The Space We Inhabit featuring the work of Maltese artists of excellence Caesar...

Vatican grants exemption from Traditional Latin Mass restrictions to Texas parish
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 2, 2025 / 14:51 pm The Vatican has granted a parish in Texas an exemption from restrictions to the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) imposed by Pope Francis’ encyclical Traditionis Custodes. The exemption, requested by...

These Countries Have No Minimum Wage: How Do They Avoid Worker-Employer Conflicts?
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Several countries apply minimum wage standards to protect workers. With these standards, the countries hope that no worker is paid below the minimum wage. In Indonesia, for example, this system is known as Regional Minimum Wage...
Ring of ire
Defying a scorching Spanish sun, the Palmers were all smiles as they sat in a packed, 12,000-capacity arena in Seville. The couple from Cambridge, England, were enjoying their first visit to Spain and, hoping for a cultural experience, Darm, 63,...
Leo XIII established the Month of the Rosary
In his next series of articles, Father Ho examines the papacy of Pope Leo XIII, upon whom Pope Leo XIV based his choice of papal name. On May 10, our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV addressed the Cardinals and explained his choice of name. The Holy...

To Tackle Ghana’s Challenges, Vatican-based Cardinal Calls for “true awakening of fraternal solidarity”
“We do not yield to despair; rather, we embrace the values of our own past and the religions and faiths we pursue, and formulate the types of solutions and situations that best help us all achieve our common good,” he said. Cardinal Turkson went...

Thrilling horror movie so bad it's 'shamefully entertaining' is leaving Netflix in 14 days
Absurd, entertaining, not very scary, The Pope's Exorcist ticks all the boxes for a fun movie to pop on at the weekend. The supernatural horror, which is based on a true story, stars Russell Crowe as an Italian priest tasked as the Pope's chief...