U.S.: Bishop of San Antonio Announces the Laying Off of a Former Priest Found Guilty of Crimes Against the Faith

Aug 14, 2026 22:25

ZENIT Staff

Catholic priest John Mary Foster Photo: Social Media

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

Israel Declares the Only Entirely Christian City in the Holy Land a “Closed Military Zone”

For Taybeh’s Christian community, protection will be measured not by the announcement but by whether armed settlers are actually prevented from entering private property, damaging farmland and intimidating residents

Aug 13, 2026 10:36

ZENIT Staff

General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

What is the liturgical year? Leo XIV explains it and warns against the “virtualization” of Sunday, the Lord’s Day

Pope’s General Audience, August 12, 2026, on the Liturgical Year

Aug 12, 2026 17:57

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

A Song for the Pope, a Collection for the Nation: Argentina Mobilizes for Leo XIV’s Historic Visit

With less than three months remaining before the Pope’s arrival, the Argentine Episcopal Conference (CEA) has launched two nationwide initiatives that reveal how seriously the local Church views this moment. One seeks financial support to organize the visit. The other seeks an official hymn

Aug 12, 2026 11:45

Enrique Villegas

Analysis Opinion•Gender Ideology

Do Laws Restricting Gender Transition Increase Youth Suicide? A New Scientific Challenge to a Widely Repeated Narrative

At the center of the controversy is a 2024 study published in Nature Human Behaviour, which attracted international attention after concluding that certain laws described as “anti-transgender” were associated with increased suicide attempts among young people identifying as transgender

Aug 12, 2026 11:19

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Who Is Behind the Eleven-Meter Devil Statue in Brazil and What Is Its Purpose?

The person claiming to have funded this monstrosity goes by the name «Mãe Rainha das Trevas» (Mother, Queen of Darkness), a «priestess» of Quimbanda, a manifestation of Afro-American rituals involving witchcraft and devil worship that are fundamentally incompatible with the Christian faith.

Aug 12, 2026 11:14

ZENIT Staff

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

Address to the Participants in the Meeting of the “International Catholic Legislators Network”

Lebanon Turns to the Pope: Lebanese President Visits Leo XIV Amid the Israeli Siege

On Thursday, August 20, Pope Leo XIV received Aoun at the Apostolic Palace for a private meeting lasting around half an hour. The Lebanese president then held talks with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s secretary for relations with states and international organizations

U.S.: Bishop of San Antonio Announces the Laying Off of a Former Priest Found Guilty of Crimes Against the Faith

PHOTO GALLERY: León XIV baseball team pays tribute to the Pope: a packed stadium, a nun pitching the ball, the biggest campaign in the team’s history

Bishop Who Disappeared Under the Nicaraguan Dictatorship Reappears on Camera, but Questions Mount

Peruvian government declares the Pope’s visit a “matter of national interest” and prepares for gatherings of up to 1 million people

Appointment of an Alleged Freemason to the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences Sparks Controversy

America’s Confidence Crisis Reaches the Pews: Why Trust in Churches Continues to Erode

A letter from Pope Leo XIV has come to light in which he expressed his desire to remain in Peru for the rest of his life

Israel Declares the Only Entirely Christian City in the Holy Land a “Closed Military Zone”

What is the liturgical year? Leo XIV explains it and warns against the “virtualization” of Sunday, the Lord’s Day

A Song for the Pope, a Collection for the Nation: Argentina Mobilizes for Leo XIV’s Historic Visit

Do Laws Restricting Gender Transition Increase Youth Suicide? A New Scientific Challenge to a Widely Repeated Narrative

Who Is Behind the Eleven-Meter Devil Statue in Brazil and What Is Its Purpose?