What Should Good AI Legislation Look Like? Leo XIV Offers Guidance to Catholic Legislators

Aug 21, 2026 20:28

Pope Leo XIV received a group from the International Catholic Legislators Network in a private audience in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace Photo: Vatican Media

Local Church

Lourdes Shrine: Lefebvrist priests are prohibited from celebrating Mass there

Lourdes Draws a New Line With the Society of St. Pius X as Pope Leo XIV’s Visit Nears

Aug 20, 2026 22:56

Covadonga Asturias

Local Church•Religious Freedom

Cameroon Announces the Closure of 1,400 Revivalist Churches

A Pentecostal woman killed her daughter. A minister used the tragedy as a pretext to crack down on local Pentecostals.

Aug 20, 2026 22:46

ZENIT Staff

Pro Life

Catholic President of Chile Will Not Support Pro-Life Bill Requiring Women to Hear Baby’s Heartbeat Before Undergoing An Abortion

The «Listen to Its Heart» bill was an initiative of the party to which President José Kast belongs. However, in an interview on August 10, he stated that while it is a legitimate parliamentary motion, he had pledged during his campaign to focus his administration on security and the economy, rather than pushing measures that generate «tension in certain aspects of social life.»

Aug 20, 2026 08:57

Rafael Manuel Tovar

General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

What should the music be like during Mass (or in the liturgy in general)? Leo XIV provides the answer

Pope’s General Audience, August 19, 2026, on Sacred Music

Aug 19, 2026 23:29

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Catholic baptisms in Ireland drop 30pc in ten years

Decline driven by falling births and secularisation

Aug 19, 2026 22:31

ZENIT Staff