USA: 22 states support NJ dad seeking end to policy that hides ‘social transition’ of daughter

Jul 10, 2025 21:22

ZENIT Staff

Photo: ADF

Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

Pope Leo XIV receives Zelensky: open doors to Russia and Ukraine for negotiations and invitation to visit Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met on July 9 with Pope Leo XIV for a private conversation centered on the pursuit of peace.

Jul 09, 2025 22:32

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Causes of Saints

Who Is Afraid of Catholic Saints? A Strange Campaign Against Carlo Acutis

The Italian teenager is set to be canonized in September. Progressive Catholics and secular journalists are opposing the canonization. Why?

Jul 09, 2025 22:28

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV avoids schism, ends mission of bishop in liturgical dispute in India

For Pope Leo XIV, this resolution is not merely a success—it is an expression of a deeper vision for the Catholic Church in the 21st century: a Church that honors tradition without weaponizing it, and that fosters unity without flattening diversity.

Jul 09, 2025 22:24

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Vocations

Ordinations Across a Shifting Continent: A Fragmented Yet Revealing Portrait of Catholic Priesthood in Europe, 2025

According to the Vatican’s own «Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae», the number of priests in Europe declined by 1.6% in 2023 alone. That same year, Europe still held 38.1% of the world’s priests—but that share is steadily shrinking.

Jul 09, 2025 22:20

Covadonga Asturias

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians

Taybeh, the last fully Christian city in the West Bank, is facing increasing pressure from encroaching Jewish settlers

In a cover story titled “The Making of the Pope”, Time Magazine’s Belinda Luscombe paints a portrait of a man formed less by Vatican intrigue than by pastoral grit, theological patience, and the steady pressure of humility

Jul 09, 2025 22:15

Tim Daniels

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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Taybeh, the last fully Christian city in the West Bank, is facing increasing pressure from encroaching Jewish settlers