Good News

Australian Peter Carroll appointed new Superior General of the Marist Brothers

Brother Peter, the 15th Superior General of the Institute, will serve as the leader for the next eight years, guiding the Marist Institute with faith, vision, and dedication

Oct 02, 2025 17:24

ZENIT Staff

Testimonies

Discovery in Turin’s Shroud confirms burst of radiant energy at Resurrection

By analyzing high-resolution photographs from the 1978 Shroud of Turin Research Project and applying four decades of surgical expertise in oral anatomy, he identified a distinct incisal plane — the biting edges of the lower front teeth —with their full crowns below

Oct 02, 2025 17:22

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

86 Senators Demand Action as Anti-Christian Attacks Surge in France

What has long been described as an underreported reality is now impossible to ignore. Eighty-six senators, nearly a quarter of the French upper chamber, have issued a public appeal urging the government to take decisive measures to safeguard Christians as fully as it protects other religious communities

Oct 02, 2025 17:17

ZENIT Staff

Rome•Virgin Mary

600 Mariologists from around the world gather in Rome to discuss the future of Mariology

Marian Theology Finds New Voice in Synodal Era

Oct 02, 2025 17:13

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Justice and Peace

Villanova Celebrates Launch of Mother Cabrini Institute to Foster Global Collaboration on Refugees and Migrants Solutions

Ahead of the Jubilee of Migrants, Villanova University opens a new institute to advance collaborative education, research, advocacy, and service with migrants and refugees.

Oct 01, 2025 17:11

ZENIT Staff

General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV’s meditation on wounds: a catechesis based on the risen Christ

Pope’s general audience, October 1, 2025, on wounds

Oct 01, 2025 17:09

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Justice and Peace•Local Church•Pope Leo XIV•Pro Life

Pope Leo XIV comments on Trump’s peace plan for Gaza (and other current topics of general interest)

The Pope began with words of cautious encouragement regarding the proposed peace plan for Gaza, a 20-point framework unveiled by President Donald Trump with the endorsement of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Oct 01, 2025 10:45

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

USA: Pro-abortion politician declines Cardinal Cupich award: Pope Leo intervenes and Archbishop of Chicago issues this statement

Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on the Keep Hope Alive Award

Oct 01, 2025 10:40

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

This is why Pope Leo XIV invites all Catholics to pray in October

As the 60th anniversary of the conciliar document Nostra Aetate occurs during the month of October, the Pope dedicates his prayer intention to collaboration between different religious traditions. “May religions,” Pope Leo XIV says, “not be used as weapons or walls, but rather lived as bridges and prophecy.” At a time marked by conflicts, the Pope invites all believers to seek what unites, “to defend and promote peace, justice and human fraternity.”

Sep 30, 2025 17:42

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pro Life

Grandmother arrested for praying outside a clinic where babies are killed and carrying a sign

Christian grandmother arrested a second time; criminally charged for holding a sign reading “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want” within 200m of a hospital. Rose Docherty, aged 75, left without chair for two hours in a police cell – despite having two hip replacements

Sep 29, 2025 17:19

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians

Christian leaders in the Holy Land condemn Israeli local government threat to confiscate Armenian church property

We further join the Armenian Patriarchate in calling upon the offices of the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister to intervene by urging the competent authorities to suspend the current legal proceedings and to ensure that any further deliberations on this matter are referred to the appropriate venues

Sep 29, 2025 11:52

ZENIT Staff

Vatican Diplomacy

Statement by Archbishop Gallagher at UN Security Council Debate on AI and International Peace and Security

The Head of Delegation highlighted both the promise and the risks of AI, noting its potential to advance peace, development, and human rights, while warning of its misuse in military applications, particularly lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS).

Sep 29, 2025 11:49

ZENIT Staff