Marriage and Family

New Series for Parents: Digital Age Family Safety. From Family Theater Productions and the Daughters of St. Paul

In these short videos, host Roberto Arrizón introduces online safety, media skills, and more, with the help of renowned media-literacy educator Sr. Nancy Usselmann of the Daughters of St. Paul chiming in with «Sr. Nancy’s Tips for Parents.»

Mar 29, 2026 20:30

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Holy Land•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

Israeli police prevent a Mass from being celebrated at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and bar Cardinal Pizzaballa from entering

As a result, and for the first time in centuries, the Heads of the Church were prevented from celebrating the Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Mar 29, 2026 19:23

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Holy Land•Local Church•Religious Freedom•Vatican Diplomacy

Holy Land: Cardinal Pizzaballa Says Palm Sunday Mass Ban in Jerusalem Was a Misunderstanding

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem said: «There were no confrontations, and we don’t want to force things, but rather find a solution respecting the right to prayer. We will celebrate Easter discreetly.»

Mar 29, 2026 17:28

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Religious Freedom

Louisville to pay $800K after court rules for Christian photographer

A Louisville, Kentucky, law forces a local photographer and blogger to use her artistic talents to promote same-sex wedding ceremonies if she photographs and blogs about weddings between one man and one woman. The law also forbids her and her studio from publicly explaining to clients and potential clients through her studio’s own website or social media sites the religious reasons why she only celebrates wedding ceremonies between one man and one woman.

Mar 28, 2026 21:40

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Local Church

France is set to break conversion records this Easter: here are the numbers, the reasons, and the origins

What is unfolding in France does not easily fit conventional narratives of decline or revival. It suggests instead a more fragmented but also more intentional religious landscape, in which faith is less inherited than chosen

Mar 28, 2026 21:07

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Good News•Local Church

More than 8,000 people will formally convert to Catholicism this Easter 2026 in the Diocese of Los Angeles alone

In 2023, LA welcomed 3,462 catechumens and candidates — both children and adults who had never been baptized, plus those who had been baptized but had never completed the other sacraments — into the Church at Easter. Then in 2024, there were 3,596. In 2025, a significant bump of a combined 5,587 entered.

Mar 28, 2026 21:00

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Causes of Saints•Local Church

Cardinal Tagle to preside over the beatification of Fulton J. Sheen: here is the date and location

A lecturer and brilliant speaker, he also hosted the weekly television series «Life is Worth Living,» which reached approximately 30 million viewers and earned him two Emmy Awards. From 1961 to 1967, he hosted «The Fulton Sheen Show.»

Mar 28, 2026 20:13

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Gender Ideology•Justice and Peace•Woman

International Olympic Committee bans transgender men from competing against women in sports

In redefining who belongs where, the IOC is not merely regulating sport—it is, in effect, arbitrating one of the most sensitive anthropological debates of the modern era.

Mar 27, 2026 21:36

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Interview•Rome

Exorcisms, New Technologies, and Cults: A Step Toward Hell. Interview with a Leader of the World’s Exorcists

Leo XIV met with the leaders of the International Association of Exorcists. Among their priorities is the growing number of people who come to them after having been involved with a cult. The Internet also plays an important role, Vice-President Father Francesco Bamonte explained to La Bussola.

Mar 27, 2026 10:51

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Religious Freedom

This is what the 2026 Annual Report on Religious Freedom in Latin America states

The comprehensive assessment of how freedom of religion is threatened in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, and by organized crime, omits the stigmatization of “cults” in democratic countries.

Mar 27, 2026 10:30

ZENIT Staff

Ecumenism•Pope Leo XIV

This is what the letter that Pope Leo XIV sent to the first female leader of the Anglican Church on the day of her “enthronement” says

The Holy Father congratulates the new Archbishop of Canterbury, reaffirms the value of ecumenical dialogue between Catholics and Anglicans despite the difficulties, and asks God to guide her so that both Churches may continue to bear united witness to Christ before the world

Mar 27, 2026 10:18

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Cardinals and Bishops•Dicasteries•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV continues to reshape the Roman Curia: Meet the new Australian prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts

The appointment, announced on March 25, fills a strategic vacancy at the heart of the Vatican’s juridical machinery. Randazzo, 59, succeeds Filippo Iannone, who was transferred in September 2025 to lead the Dicastery for Bishops, the body responsible for vetting episcopal appointments worldwide

Mar 26, 2026 19:00

ZENIT Staff