Justice and Peace•Religious Freedom

USA: Judge orders that migrants detained by ICE be allowed to receive ashes on Wednesday, 2026

He has ordered both sides to confer not only about Ash Wednesday but also about ongoing ministry at Broadview, including whether clergy may pray inside and outside the facility and interact directly with detainees

Feb 17, 2026 16:34

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Good News•Local Church

Number of Dutch Catholics on the Rise: Dutch Episcopal Conference Releases Data

The number of new members of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands increased significantly in 2024. Compared to 2023, the total number of adults who joined, with or without Baptism, increased by almost 40%.

Feb 17, 2026 10:00

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Vatican City

Digital, cultural, conservation, and even interactive: these are the projects launched to mark the 400th anniversary of St. Peter’s Basilica

The IV Centenary of the Dedication represents an opportunity to remember and look to the future: relaunch of the «Digital Mission of the outgoing Basilica»; Eni’s cutting-edge technologies and skills at the service of pilgrims and visitors to get to know, experience and interact with the Vatican Basilica

Feb 16, 2026 17:44

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Pope Leo XIV•Pro Life

Health for all: a speech by Leo XIV on health and human life

Address of the Pope to participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life

Feb 16, 2026 17:16

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Pope Leo XIV

Opus Dei before the Pope: what was said about the new statutes and some controversies in Argentina

In addition, they discussed the situation of vocations in the Church and, particularly, the contrast between the situation in Africa and in Europe.

Feb 16, 2026 17:05

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Angelus•Pope Leo XIV

What is true justice in love? Pope Leo XIV answers

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, February 15, 2026

Feb 15, 2026 18:59

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Documents•Vocations

Letter of the Superior General of the Camaldolese Monks about Netflix, Instagram and TikTok that Every Superior and Formator Should at Least Read.

«I am writing these things to initiate a shared reflection and to avoid pretending that this challenge to monastic life today doesn’t exist,» writes the Prior General of the Camaldolese.

Feb 15, 2026 18:56

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Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: The Baptist’s “Heavenly Birth”

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

Feb 15, 2026 18:43

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Dicasteries•Pope Leo XIV•Woman

Another Woman Appointed to the Dicastery for Bishops. Leo XIV Confirms Other Members

She is Sister Simona Brambilla, M.C., Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Feb 15, 2026 18:33

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Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church

This is how the inauguration of the new Catholic Archbishop of Westminster went

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullally, then greeted Archbishop Moth on behalf of the co-presidents of Churches Together in England, offering a word of welcome

Feb 14, 2026 18:48

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Local Church

The number of students studying theology in Germany plummets: only Cardinal Woelki’s Cologne diocese sees growth

Hartl argues that the distribution of enrollment losses may reflect more than demographic shrinkage or a generalized crisis of vocations. In his view, prospective theology students today are motivated by a desire to deepen and articulate their faith, rather than to engage in what they perceive as the deconstructive critique of tradition

Feb 14, 2026 12:02

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Cardinals and Bishops•Dicasteries

The Lefebvrians’ meeting with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican, as told by themselves

We now offer the statement issued by the General House of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X on the same day

Feb 14, 2026 11:54

ZENIT Staff