Local Church•Persecuted Christians

PHOTO GALLERY: Islamist attack on church in Syria leaves 30 dead

The attacker entered the church during the vesper service, opened fire on the congregation, then detonated an explosive vest amid the chaos. Children were among the casualties. Eyewitnesses described the moment as surreal—»bodies flying,» as one survivor put it. Others recalled the assailant’s covered face and the eerie silence before the explosion.

Jun 24, 2025 21:42

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Schism overcome? Syro-Malabar Catholic Church reaches liturgical agreement after years of conflict

The June 19 agreement, reached during a presbyteral council meeting, comes after years of deeply entrenched division within the ancient Eastern Catholic Church, which traces its origins to the apostolic mission of Thomas in the 1st century

Jun 24, 2025 21:38

ZENIT Staff

Rome

Nine Questions and Answers Regarding the Process of Adapting Opus Dei’s Statutes

Reduction of influence? The Pope’s ultimatum? Why did the Opus Dei’s Statutes have to be reformed? These are three of the nine questions the Work answers in an article reproduced below.

Jun 23, 2025 22:26

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Interview•Vatican City

What Is the Difference Between the Holy See, Vatican City, and the Roman Curia? Cardinal Ghirlanda Explains

Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, Jesuit, Canonist, and Professor Emeritus of the Pontifical Gregorian University, former Rector of the Athenaeum, and Consultant to numerous Vatican Dicasteries, offers a detailed and in-depth reflection on the meaning of three closely related yet distinct terms in their scope and legal and even diplomatic definition.

Jun 23, 2025 22:20

ZENIT Staff

Testimonies•Young People

A Peruvian designer: in charge of revitalizing the Vatican’s digital heart

Ytō approached the redesign not as a stylistic exercise but as a theological metaphor. His first thought was Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s colonnade in St. Peter’s Square—the sweeping arms of the Church encircling the world. The website, he decided, must feel like a digital embrace: universal, serene, and alive.

Jun 23, 2025 17:47

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

Here you can watch the first documentary (complete and free) on Pope Leo XIV produced by the Vatican

A documentary that retraces the steps of Robert Francis Prevost’s mission in Peru and helps to understand the current Pope.

Jun 23, 2025 17:32

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Rome

Parliamentarians from around the world gather in Rome to discuss interfaith dialogue

The Conference brought together hundreds of MPs, including Speakers, as well as religious leaders, UN officials, civil society representatives, and international experts from close to 100 countries, responding to the motto of the Jubilee Year to be “pilgrims of hope” amid a climate of growing conflict, polarization and the weaponization of religion.

Jun 23, 2025 17:29

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

A great homily of Leo XIV on the sacrament of the Eucharist: mercy, salvation and nourishment

Homily of Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of the Solemnity of Corpus Christi 2025

Jun 22, 2025 21:21

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Angelus•Pope Leo XIV

Corpus Christi explained by Leo XIV with the miracle of the multiplication of loaves

Allocution on the occasion of the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, June 22, 2025

Jun 22, 2025 21:17

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV Speaks Out on the Situation in Iran: No Armed Victory Outweighs the Pain of Mothers and the Fear of Children

Second statement by the Pope on the situation in Iran

Jun 22, 2025 07:24

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

3 very interesting challenges from the Pope to politicians and rulers at a meeting at the Vatican

Pope’s address to the participants in the Jubilee of Governments on the common good, interreligious dialogue and religious freedom and artificial intelligence.

Jun 21, 2025 20:59

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

What does Leo XIV think about Artificial Intelligence? This is his first reflection on AI as Pope

Pope Leo XIV’s message to participants in the Second Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Corporate Governance

Jun 20, 2025 20:55

ZENIT Staff