Valentina Di Giorgio

1 week ago | zenit.org | Valentina Di Giorgio

(ZENIT News / Rome, 05.07.2025).- In what may be remembered as one of the most poignant gestures of his pontificate, Pope Francis, shortly before his death on April 21, issued a quiet but powerful request: that his Popemobile, once a symbol of his closeness to the faithful, be transformed into a mobile medical clinic for the children of Gaza. That request is now becoming a reality.

1 week ago | es.zenit.org | Valentina Di Giorgio

(ZENIT Noticias / Roma, 07.05.2025).- En lo que podría recordarse como uno de los gestos más conmovedores de su pontificado, el Papa Francisco, poco antes de su muerte el 21 de abril, emitió una petición discreta pero contundente: que su papamóvil, antaño símbolo de su cercanía a los fieles, se transformara en una clínica móvil para los niños de Gaza. Esta petición se está haciendo realidad.

1 week ago | zenit.org | Valentina Di Giorgio

(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 05.03.2025).- In a rare display of Vatican diplomacy during a period traditionally marked by pause, Zimbabwe’s Vice President, General Constantino Chiwenga, was formally received in audience at the Vatican on Saturday, May 3rd. The visit, taking place in the midst of a papal interregnum—following the death of Pope Francis—marks the third such high-level diplomatic engagement with a head of state or government in the unusual vacuum left by the absence of a pontiff.

1 week ago | es.zenit.org | Valentina Di Giorgio

(ZENIT Noticias / Ciudad del Vaticano, 03.05.2025).- El sábado 3 de mayo fue recibido en audiencia en la Ciudad del Vaticano el Vicepresidente de la República de Zimbabwe, General Constantino Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga. No es común que haya audiencias a jefes de estado o de gobierno en periodo de Sede Vacante, es decir, cuando no hay Papa, sin embargo esta ya es la tercera desde que falleció el Papa Francisco (las otras dos fueron al presidente de Polonia y al de Ucrania).

2 weeks ago | zenit.org | Valentina Di Giorgio

(ZENIT News / Rome, 04.29.2025).- Cardinal Angelo Becciu has formally announced, this Tuesday, April 29,  that he will not participate in the Conclave scheduled for May 7. The cardinal made the decision public through a statement emphasizing his enduring loyalty to the Church and his intention to preserve the unity and peace of the College of Cardinals during a pivotal moment.