Good News•Local Church

Faced with rising suicide rates among nuns and priests, the Catholic Church in India launches a ministry of healing and mental health

Archbishop Thomas Tharayil, who heads the association, framed the matter with unusual candor. Parish life, he said, cannot be pastoral if it ignores mental well-being. His remarks resonated particularly in Kerala, where several priests in recent years have taken their own lives, leaving dioceses to reckon with a pattern they could no longer chalk up to isolated crises

Dec 03, 2025 22:58

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Holy Land•Pope Francis

Pope Francis’ popemobile converted into an ambulance receives permission to enter Gaza

A vehicle built for ceremonial journeys is now poised to navigate the fractured landscape of Gaza, carrying not dignitaries but doctors, not crowds but patients in need

Dec 03, 2025 22:52

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Pope Leo XIV

The gunman who attempted to assassinate John Paul II tried to meet with Leo XIV in Turquí: what happened?

Agca arrived with the unmistakable intention of inserting himself into the story. Speaking to Turkish media, he expressed hope for a brief conversation with the pontiff—a few minutes, nothing more—while insisting that the papal presence in Iznik was “extraordinary.”

Dec 03, 2025 22:47

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Ecumenism

From the revocation of anathema in Nicaea, 17 centuries after the first Ecumenical Synod

‘The theological dialogue that the Orthodox Church conducts with the Roman Catholic Church, as well as with the rest of the Christian world, in no way seeks to reach a compromise or to betray Orthodoxy.’

Dec 03, 2025 17:44

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Pope Leo XIV

The homily with which Pope Leo XIV instilled hope in the Lebanese people

Homily of Pope Leo XIV at the concluding Mass of his pastoral visit to Lebanon

Dec 02, 2025 22:47

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Pope Leo XIV

“We cannot forget the most vulnerable”: Pope Leo XIV at a hospital in Lebanon

Words of the Pope during his visit to the workers and patients of the “De La Croix” hospital in Jal ed Dib

Dec 02, 2025 22:40

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Interview•Pope Leo XIV

International news in an interview with Pope Leo XIV: Israel, Venezuela, the German synodal path, and a trip to Africa

Press conference with Pope Leo XIV on the flight from Lebanon to Italy

Dec 02, 2025 22:08

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Pope Leo XIV•Young People

How can we persevere in our commitment to peace? The Pope’s message to young people in Lebanon

Words of the Pope during the Meeting with Young People

Dec 01, 2025 22:27

ZENIT Staff

Ecumenism•Islam•Pope Leo XIV

The Pope’s ecumenical and interfaith message in Lebanon

Words of the Pope during the ecumenical and interreligious meeting

Dec 01, 2025 22:18

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Pope Leo XIV•Virgin Mary

The Pope’s message at Lebanon’s most important Marian shrine

Words of the Pope during the Meeting with Bishops, Priests, Consecrated Men and Women, and Pastoral Workers at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon

Dec 01, 2025 22:13

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

What does Saint Charbel teach us today? Leo XIV’s response after visiting the tomb of Lebanon’s most famous saint

Words of the Pope during the visit and prayer at the tomb of Saint Charbel Makhlouf in the monastery of Saint Maroun in Annaya

Dec 01, 2025 22:09

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Flags Over a Coffin

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

Nov 30, 2025 22:43

ZENIT Staff