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Jubilee 2025•Pope Leo XIV•Vocations

Interiority, Seminary: School of Affections, Wounds, Discernment … Pope Leo XIV Speaks to Seminarians

Pope Leo XIV’s meditation to seminarians on the occasion of the Jubilee of Seminarians

Jun 26, 2025 06:20

ZENIT Staff

Jubilee 2025•Pope Leo XIV•Vocations

“We Are Not Perfect but We Are Fiends of Christ,” the Pope’s Great Address That All Priests Should Read

The Holy Father’s words to participants in the meeting for priests, promoted by the Dicastery for the Clergy, regarding the implications for formation to the priestly ministry.

Jun 26, 2025 06:13

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Jubilee 2025•Rome

An inspiring journey of faith and art through the sculptures in Rome by Pope Francis’s artist

Timothy Schmalz Joins Jubilee 2025 with an Inspiring Journey of Faith and Art Through His Sculptures in Rome. Pilgrims visiting Rome will be able to embark on a unique spiritual journey guided by the voice of artist Timothy Paul Schmalz.

Jun 25, 2025 19:05

ZENIT Staff

General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

Fatigue of living? Pope Leo gives a beautiful, spiritual and profound reflection

Pope’s General Audience, June 25, 2025 on the healings of Jesus as a sign of hope

Jun 25, 2025 18:54

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Pope Francis

Jubilee Report: a plan commissioned by Pope Francis about the debt of the poor countries

The report drafted for the late pope by a group of economists led by Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz has been released. The study calls for a new global initiative for the most indebted poor countries but also lays out the rules for fairer finance to avoid perpetuating the same problem.

Jun 25, 2025 18:49

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Childhood Home of Pope Leo XIV at the Center of Preservation Battle in Dolton, Illinois

Originally slated to be auctioned off this month, the sale of the property at 212 E. 141st Place has now been extended to July 17. Behind the delay is the town of Dolton’s determination to acquire the property — not for development, but for preservation

Jun 25, 2025 18:46

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Religious Freedom

EU Court to Weigh Whether Baptismal Records Clash with Data Protection Laws

Alessandro Calcagno, a canon lawyer and deputy secretary general of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), explains the Church’s position: “The sacramental record is not a mailing list, it is a historical document. You may leave the faith, but the fact that you were baptized remains. You cannot ‘un-baptize’ yourself.”

Jun 25, 2025 18:42

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

This is the Mexican that Pope Leo XIV appointed as the new coordinator for his pastoral trips

Monsignor Salas Castañeda succeeds Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, an Indian prelate recently appointed Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue. Koovakad had long played a central role in shaping the logistics and spiritual tone of papal visits across continents

Jun 24, 2025 22:19

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Pope confirms new Custos of the Catholic Church for the Holy Places in the Holy Land

Francesco Ielpo Appointed New Custos of the Holy Land Amidst Turbulent Times

Jun 24, 2025 22:01

ZENIT Staff

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

The Vatican Outlines the Next Steps in Implementing the Synodal Path for the Entire Church

Central to the meeting was the preparation for a gathering scheduled from June 23 to 25, 2026. This event will serve as a preparatory stage for the Continental Evaluation Assemblies planned for early 2028

Dates and Locations Announced for Mass Events with Pope Leo XIV in Spain

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate a great Prayer Vigil with young people and three great Masses during his Apostolic Journey to Spain. Registration forms are now open for participation in these first confirmed events on the Pope’s agenda. Registration can be done through the official website of the trip: conelpapa.es.