Controversy Over Disagreements Between France and the Vatican Regarding the Pope’s Trip? The Trip Macron Wanted and the One Leo XIV Decided On

Sep 17, 2026 09:52

Emmanuel Macron sees an opportunity for France to receive a pope with whom it wants to engage on Europe, Ukraine and the Middle East. Photo: Vatican Media

Local Church

When Fear Prevents People from Attending Mass and the Church Understands: Bishop of Indianapolis Exempts Migrants from Sunday Mass

The decree, issued September 4, is an unusually concrete pastoral response to an atmosphere of anxiety surrounding the intensified immigration crackdown in the United States

Sep 16, 2026 18:34

ZENIT Staff

General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

Good social relations, the common good, and three matters of the utmost urgency, according to Leo XIV

Pope’s General Audience, September 16, 2026, on the Human Community

Sep 16, 2026 18:27

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Pope Francis•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican City

Leo XIV begins the second half of 2026 by reversing two more of Pope Francis’s measures

Neither move necessarily represents a repudiation of Francis’s objectives

Sep 15, 2026 15:44

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pro Life

Andorra and Liechtenstein: two European microstates facing the same problem—abortion while remaining Catholic

The two cases share an unusual feature: both countries have Catholic majorities and constitutional arrangements in which the Church or a Catholic head of state retains an institutional role. Yet they illustrate two very different ways in which questions of abortion, political authority and conscience can collide.

Sep 15, 2026 15:35

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Holy Land

The Surprising Results of the Excavations and Restoration of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem

The first research results are collected in the volume «Hagia Polis Project. Excavations at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Volume I. Project and Methodology». A project in which collaboration between Communities and researchers becomes a valuable instrument of knowledge but also a symbol of a concrete form of guardianship of the Holy Place for the benefit of the faithful

Sep 15, 2026 09:54

ZENIT Staff

What is the value of human activity in the world? Pope Leo XIV answers

Pope’s General Audience, September 23, 2026, on the meaning of human activity in the universe

Vatican Announces Winner of the “Nobel Prize in Theology”: The 2026 Ratzinger Prize

The Prize will be awarded by the Holy Father Leo XIV on 19 December at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. The Prize is awarded to scholars who have distinguished themselves through outstanding achievements in publication and scientific research. Nominations for the Prize are submitted to the Holy Father, for his approval, by the Foundation’s Scientific Committee.

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Controversy Over Disagreements Between France and the Vatican Regarding the Pope’s Trip? The Trip Macron Wanted and the One Leo XIV Decided On

Bishop of Getafe Dissolves the Brothers of Merciful Love Following the Dissolution of the Women’s Branch

Anselm Grün Denies Helping an Abusive Priest Return to Ministry as Victims Demand a Wider Inquiry

US Bishops Ask Priests to Put Faith Before Politics as Midterms Approach

Interview with Cardinal Ignace Bessi Dogbo, Archbishop of Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Anthropic Reveals Massive Chinese Anti-Dissident AI-Generated Slander

Christian Teen Beaten for Protecting Women in Pakistan

When Fear Prevents People from Attending Mass and the Church Understands: Bishop of Indianapolis Exempts Migrants from Sunday Mass

Good social relations, the common good, and three matters of the utmost urgency, according to Leo XIV

Leo XIV begins the second half of 2026 by reversing two more of Pope Francis’s measures

Andorra and Liechtenstein: two European microstates facing the same problem—abortion while remaining Catholic

The Surprising Results of the Excavations and Restoration of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem