5,000 antibiotics leave the Vatican for Gaza on the orders of Pope Leo XIV

Oct 15, 2025 11:56

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

After second sacrilegious desecration of Vatican basilica altar, cardinal performs ritual to ask God for forgiveness

According to canon law, when a sacred space is gravely violated, public worship must cease until a ritual of purification has been performed. In this case, the rite took on particular resonance

Oct 14, 2025 17:17

Valentina di Giorgio

Local Church•Vocations

One in five Catholics worldwide is African, as is one in three seminarians: the impressive statistics of African Catholicism

Africa Becomes the Beating Heart of Catholic Growth

Oct 14, 2025 17:14

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Testimonies

16 Children, Sometimes Not Perfect, but United and Faithful: The Story of an Influencer Marriage

The Gallagher home is a small world where laughter, tears, sacrifices, and prayers intertwine. It is not a perfect home, but it is deeply alive. Every day brings new challenges, and each challenge is an opportunity to trust a little more.

Oct 13, 2025 11:18

Dante Alba, LC

Local Church•Young People

Northern Ireland’s Youth Spark Unexpected Religious Revival

The survey offers an optimistic counterpoint to the narrative of a faith in decline

Oct 13, 2025 11:15

Elizabeth Owens

Cardinals and Bishops•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV: yes to synodality, but without undermining the authority of the bishop

The Pontiff highlighted that walking together, listening, and engaging all baptized members is essential to the Church’s mission. Yet, he stressed that this inclusive process must coexist with the authority conferred by Christ on the episcopal college

Oct 13, 2025 11:08

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV Receives Nobel Prize Laureate Maria Corina Machado: This Is What the Venezuelan Leader Asked Him

Maria Corina Machado also expressed to the Pope the importance of the civic demonstration carried out by Venezuelans on July 28, 2024, which reaffirmed the legitimacy of President Edmundo González Urrutia.

Leo XIV begins 2026 with a new papal staff: here is the meaning… and the photos

In a Church often scrutinized for its symbols, Leo XIV’s choice is neither ornamental nor nostalgic. It is a visual theology, compressed into metal and form, reminding both shepherd and faithful that the path forward passes through the wounds of history—but does not end there

5,000 antibiotics leave the Vatican for Gaza on the orders of Pope Leo XIV

Graffiti inside Canterbury Anglican Cathedral (with permission from the gay rector) divides public opinion

Vatican suspends training at major seminary in Congo amid growing division in local Church

Israel’s “administrative” detentions of Palestinian Christians: the case of Layan Nasir

These are the 10 bishops who are candidates to lead the Catholic Church in the United States for the next three years

Artistic and religious catastrophe: important Italian monastery (where Carlo Acutis made his first communion) catches fire

Rupnik case: proceedings move forward with the Vatican appointing five judges

After second sacrilegious desecration of Vatican basilica altar, cardinal performs ritual to ask God for forgiveness

One in five Catholics worldwide is African, as is one in three seminarians: the impressive statistics of African Catholicism

16 Children, Sometimes Not Perfect, but United and Faithful: The Story of an Influencer Marriage

Northern Ireland’s Youth Spark Unexpected Religious Revival

Pope Leo XIV: yes to synodality, but without undermining the authority of the bishop