Pope’s first private audience with movie star: who was it? This is the photo of the Oscar winner with Leo XIV

Jun 17, 2025 19:43

The audience marked the first officially reported meeting between the American-born pontiff and a major film star Photo: Courtesy Andrea Iervolino

Local Church

Canadian Jesuits Sue Former Finance Director Over Alleged $6.5 Million Embezzlement

The Jesuits, known for their educational and missionary work across Canada and the Americas, claim the diverted funds were intended for essential pastoral and formation programs—support for elderly and infirm members, training of future Jesuits, spiritual retreats for students, and community outreach efforts. Instead, the money allegedly ended up serving personal benefit.

Jun 14, 2025 14:17

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land

This Is The New Pentecost Room at Notre Dame of Jerusalem Entrusted to the Legionaries of Christ

Although the Pentecost Room remains open exclusively to Hotel guests until September 1, the general public is eagerly awaited in that grace filled space as part of the complete Notre Dame Experience.

Jun 14, 2025 14:05

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

The “religious tax” in Italy: explanation and why it has become a recent Church-State issue

Is the successful Italian system of financial support for religions really under attack?

Jun 14, 2025 13:58

ZENIT Staff

Rome

Opus Dei Submits Revised Statutes to Vatican After Three-Year Process of Renewal

For decades, Opus Dei’s canonical configuration as a personal prelature—granted by St. John Paul II in 1982—has stood as a unique model of clerical and lay collaboration. The current revision aims not to undo that framework, but to refine it under the evolving legal and pastoral priorities of the universal Church.

Jun 14, 2025 13:55

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Pope Leo XIV

Leo XIV to Personally Bestow Palliums in Return to Historic Ritual: A Subtle but Symbolic Shift in Papal Style

Yet this is not a rejection of Pope Francis’s vision. Observers note that Leo XIV’s decision may reflect a nuanced form of continuity rather than rupture. Where Francis emphasized decentralization and the local Church, Leo XIV appears to underscore communion through presence—his own.

Jun 14, 2025 13:53

Jorge Enrique Mújica

The gunman who attempted to assassinate John Paul II tried to meet with Leo XIV in Turquí: what happened?

Agca arrived with the unmistakable intention of inserting himself into the story. Speaking to Turkish media, he expressed hope for a brief conversation with the pontiff—a few minutes, nothing more—while insisting that the papal presence in Iznik was “extraordinary.”

The homily with which Pope Leo XIV instilled hope in the Lebanese people

Homily of Pope Leo XIV at the concluding Mass of his pastoral visit to Lebanon

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Pope’s first private audience with movie star: who was it? This is the photo of the Oscar winner with Leo XIV

Another tradition revisited: Pope Leo XIV returns to the residence of Castel Gandolfo

Pope Leo to bishops on pilgrimage to Rome: “take special care of priests, your first collaborators”

Where does a young man get the strength to resist corruption? Leo XIV’s answer with the life of a new Blessed

Pope Leo XIV open to life on other planets? This is what he told young astronomers at Vatican

This is the first YouTube video message from Pope Leo XIV to USA

The Trinity of God “explained” (respectfully) with sport by Pope Leo XIV

Canadian Jesuits Sue Former Finance Director Over Alleged $6.5 Million Embezzlement

This Is The New Pentecost Room at Notre Dame of Jerusalem Entrusted to the Legionaries of Christ

The “religious tax” in Italy: explanation and why it has become a recent Church-State issue

Opus Dei Submits Revised Statutes to Vatican After Three-Year Process of Renewal

Leo XIV to Personally Bestow Palliums in Return to Historic Ritual: A Subtle but Symbolic Shift in Papal Style