Between Gaza and Jerusalem: Pope Leo XIV and Israel’s Herzog Navigate Fragile Paths to Peace

Sep 06, 2025 19:28

Valentina di Giorgio

Pope Leo XIV welcomed Israeli President Isaac Herzog for a private audience Photo: Vatican Media

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Nicaragua’s Silenced Church: A Report from Exile on a Persecution Without Pause

The statistics are stark. Since April 2018, when President Daniel Ortega’s government turned its fury against Catholic leaders who had stood with peaceful demonstrators, the Church has endured 1,010 aggressions and seen more than 16,500 processions banned

Sep 01, 2025 15:26

Enrique Villegas

Gender Ideology•Local Church

Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo allows Anglican “priestess” and lesbian couple to concelebrate

On August 26, the retired Dominican bishop Raúl Vera López invited Emilie Teresa Smith, a Canadian Anglican minister and LGBT activist, to participate prominently in a Mass celebrated at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Sep 01, 2025 15:22

Enrique Villegas

Under the agreement with China, Leo XIV appoints a new bishop

Chang Yanfeng, 42, was ordained bishop today under the Sino-Holy See agreement to a diocese that has been without its own pastor for 20 years. Just three weeks ago, the new prelate had to publicly commit the local Church to a controversial law designed to eliminate minorities.

Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of inspiration and sanctification

Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Orders in the United States

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Between Gaza and Jerusalem: Pope Leo XIV and Israel’s Herzog Navigate Fragile Paths to Peace

Questions about liturgy: Moving Patronal Feasts

A Global Surge in Anti-Christian Hostility Raises Alarms Across Churches

Jesus’ “I thirst” on the cross explained by Pope Leo XIV

Do Exorcists Charge for Each Session? International Association of Exorcists Issues Statement

Why does Leon XIV appear in TIME magazine’s ranking of the 25 most important thinkers on artificial intelligence?

The relationship with creation becomes a prayer intention requested by Pope Leo XIV

Nicaragua’s Silenced Church: A Report from Exile on a Persecution Without Pause

Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo allows Anglican “priestess” and lesbian couple to concelebrate