Analysis Opinion•Causes of Saints

Who Is Afraid of Catholic Saints? A Strange Campaign Against Carlo Acutis

The Italian teenager is set to be canonized in September. Progressive Catholics and secular journalists are opposing the canonization. Why?

Jul 09, 2025 22:28

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Opus Dei Denies Accusation of «Trafficking» and Considers It Necessary to Grant the Accused Individuals the Right to Give Their Version of the Facts

«We reiterate that we categorically deny the accusation of human trafficking and labour exploitation made by her against Prelature,» states the press release from Opus Dei in Argentina.

Jul 07, 2025 13:35

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Local Church•Vocations

The Seminary with the Most Seminarians in the World (700) Dedicated to a French Laywoman

No fewer than 63 Bishops and four Cardinals have passed through its Chapel and classrooms.

Jul 07, 2025 13:32

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Cardinals and Bishops•Rome

Vatican to Release Marian Document Clarifying Supernatural Phenomena Guidelines

Speaking to journalists in Rome on July 3, Cardinal Fernández revealed that the document is nearing completion and will offer theological reflections and pastoral criteria regarding Marian devotion, particularly as it relates to alleged apparitions and private revelations

Jul 07, 2025 13:26

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Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Media obsession with ‘wicked nuns’ upended by Irish report on Tuam mother and baby home

Some of the accounts depict miserable conditions that were both physically and emotionally chilly. Several eyewitnesses mention Sr Hortense, who ran the home for most of its existence – but inconveniently for the current narrative, they praise her. One eyewitness says: “Sister Hortense loved children and helped out with them”.

Jul 06, 2025 23:34

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Good News•Testimonies

World’s Highest IQ Holder Publicly Professes Christian Faith, Citing Quantum Physics and the Mystery of Consciousness

What makes Kim’s statement particularly compelling isn’t merely the boldness of his confession in an increasingly secularized intellectual climate. It’s the reasoning he offers: not in defiance of science, but through it—especially through the lens of quantum physics.

Jul 06, 2025 23:28

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Justice and Peace

Gaza parish priest: Gaza is a ‘cage’ where bombs kill (also) hope. The need for a truce

Speaking to AsiaNews, the parish priest describes the tragic reality of a population that is getting more desperate by the day. The war continues in the shadow of Israel-Iran confrontation, with a glimmer of hope for fresh ceasefire negotiations. Netanyahu is set to visit the White House next week. Palestinians in Gaza show photos of Israeli children killed by Hamas on 7 October.

Jul 06, 2025 23:20

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Cardinals and Bishops•Dicasteries•Protection of vulnerable people

Vatican: A French bishop succeeds Cardinal O’Malley as head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Archbishop Verny, 58, brings extensive pastoral and administrative experience to the role. Born in France, he served as Auxiliary Bishop of Paris before joining the Commission in 2022

Jul 05, 2025 23:36

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Analysis Opinion

Towards the Dalai Lama’s succession: Chinese communist government interference to decide a “reincarnation”

On the eve of his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama announced that the Gaden Phodrang Trust will recognise his next reincarnation. Religious tradition will thus be respected while China will be excluded from any role. However, Beijing immediately responded by claiming control over the process. This heralds a future with two Dalai Lamas and a major legitimacy crisis that could turn into a wider geopolitical confrontation.

Jul 05, 2025 23:24

ZENIT Staff

Virgin Mary

What Science Says About Medjugorje: During the Apparitions There Is Energy Around The Visionaries

Scientists affirm that during the ectasis of Medjugorje’s visionaries “there is enormous energy around them.”

Jul 04, 2025 23:46

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Testimonies•Woman

8,583 Women Were Accompanied and Consoled by the Adoratrices, Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and Charity

As the Sisters explain, beyond the numbers, there is a face cared for, and each process initiated with a woman is also a story of dignity, justice, and hope. All of this is carried out around their charism of Adoration and Liberation. This is the Adorers’ Social Work, together with the Foundations and Associations that are part of this great international network, has offered spaces of welcome, training, and advocacy to women in contexts of prostitution, trafficking, violence, social exclusion, gender-based violence, homelessness, or addiction.

Jul 04, 2025 23:43

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

Pope asks all Catholics to pray for this intention in July with unprecedented prayer

In The Pope Video this month, Leo XIV reads an original prayer, asking the Holy Spirit for the grace to learn how to discern. In a world that is changing constantly, discernment is necessary more than ever to make the right decisions.

Jul 04, 2025 23:10

ZENIT Staff