ZENIT Staff, Author at ZENIT - English

13 new ambassadors are presented to the Pope, who tells them that the Holy See will not be a spectator in human rights violations

Address by the Pope on the occasion of the presentation of credentials by the ambassadors of Uzbekistan, Moldova, Bahrain, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Liberia, Thailand, Lesotho, South Africa, Fiji, Micronesia, Latvia, and Finland

Dec 06, 2025 19:25

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Francigena Britannica formally recognised as part of historic pilgrimage route

The Via Francigena is an historic 2000-kilometre pilgrim way from Canterbury to Rome

Dec 06, 2025 15:45

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

How can we ensure that the development of artificial intelligence truly serves the common good? Pope Leo XIV’s response

Pope’s address to conference participants «Artificial Intelligence and Care of Our Common Home»

Dec 05, 2025 19:21

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Pope Leo XIV

Second setback for the previous pontificate: Pope Leo repeals Pope Francis’ financial measure

As 2025 approaches its end, the Vatican’s financial system is undergoing one of its most significant recalibrations in years

Dec 05, 2025 09:41

ZENIT Staff

Gender Ideology

European Court violates national laws and imposes recognition of same-sex unions in the European Union

What the report ultimately provides is not closure but a map: a chart of the questions that still divide scholars, bishops, and believers.

Dec 05, 2025 09:40

ZENIT Staff

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

ZENIT Staff

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

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV