Argentine Cathedral Wins Title of World’s Most Beautiful Church

Argentine Cathedral Wins Title of World’s Most Beautiful Church: Here Are the Other Finalists

Alma Recinas

The contest, launched by the account @documents_de_bolsillo, invited thousands of people to choose their favorite cathedrals through voting on the social media platform.

No More Fake Priests: Brazilian Archdiocese Issues Guidelines Regulating the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Communications

Enrique Villegas

The guidelines apply broadly to bishops, priests, deacons, ministers, pastoral workers, communicators and the wider Catholic community of the Archdiocese of Aracaju

Does a fire miraculously ignite at the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem? The matter ends up in court. A Greek court provides an answer

ZENIT Staff

A recent court ruling in Athens has brought an old controversy into sharp new focus, concluding—on the basis of testimony and evidence examined during litigation—that the flame is lit through human intervention rather than appearing through a supernatural event

After four years, the conciliar rite returns to the Syro-Malabar Cathedral in Ernakulam

ZENIT Staff

The agreement aimed at resolving the serious dispute over the liturgy within the Syro-Malabar Church was implemented for the first time yesterday at the Cathedral Basilica of St Mary in Kochi, which had become the epicentre of the tensions.

Days Before the Pope’s Visit to UNESCO, ZENIT Interviews the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the UN Institution

annevanm

The pattern of donations has been particularly striking. The average donation has hovered around 200 euros — approximately double the average individual donation in France in 2024 — and some contributions have exceeded 10,000 euros.

Vatican Unveils New “Synodal Proposals”: Laity to Participate in Bishops’ Ad Limina Visits and Binding Agreements Between Religious Orders and Bishops

ZENIT Staff

Shared criteria for discerning new institutes, a delegate for consecrated life in every diocese, and contracts or memoranda of understanding covering formation, gender equality, remuneration and the administration of assets. And an ad limina Visit prepared with the entire local Church, experienced as an “exchange of gifts” in a dialogue that is not “one-directional”, and subject to independent evaluation.