ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome

"Don't forget: never a closed Church, but a Church that goes out"

Vatican City, May 21, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 580 hits

Here is a translation of the question-and-answer session with Francis held Saturday evening, the vigil of Pentecost, with ecclesial movements and communities. After the greeting of the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, the icon of Mary, Salu...

Articles from "Various Documents"

Francis' Address to New Ambassadors

"There is a need for financial reform along ethical lines that would produce in its turn an economic reform to benefit everyone"

Vatican City, May 16, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 1429 hits

Here is a Vatican translation of the address Francis gave today tofour new ambassadors to the Holy See: Bolot Iskovich Otunbaev from Kyrgyzstan; David Shoul from Antigua and Barbuda; …

"Fill his heart with the tenderness of God, which you felt like no one else"

Rome, May 14, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 1810 hits

Here is a translation of the prayer by which Cardinal José da Cruz Policarpo, patriarch of Lisbon, Portugal, consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima the pontificate of Pope Francis. Monday was the …

"How can it be argued that it is for the public good to legislate for the direct and intentional taking of human life?"

Armagh, Northern Ireland, May 13, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 944 hits

Here is Archbishop Eamon Martin's address from Thursday at the closing of a novena in the parish of Saint Patrick, Roden Place, Dundalk, in the Archdiocese of Armagh. The archbishop was …

"What would the Church be without you? She would lack maternity, affection, tenderness!"

Vatican City, May 08, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 3185 hits

Here is a translation of Francis' address today to the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) * * * Lord Cardinal, Venerable and Dear Brother in the Episcopate, Dear Sisters! I am …

"The kidnapping of two men of peace is a sign of the terrible violence that is destroying the fabric of Syrian society"

New York, April 29, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 1137 hits

Here is a statement released Friday by the president of the US episcopal conference, regarding the kidnapping of two Syrian archbishops. * * * The kidnappings of two archbishops in Syria and …

The world seen from Rome

Pope's Q-and-A With Movements