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Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

What Does It Mean to Be a Bishop? A Catechesis by Leo XIV to the Latin American Episcopate (a source of spiritual and pastoral enrichment for any priest)

Letter from the Holy Father to the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean on the occasion of the third centenary of the canonization of Saint Toribio de Mogrovejo

Sep 19, 2026 09:17

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Vocations

«Leo XIV Effect» in Barcelona? Number of Seminarians Increases for the New Academic Year

The 23 new additions to the seminary come from various Catalan dioceses: six from Barcelona, four from Tarragona, four from Sant Feliu de Llobregat, three from Vic, two from Girona, two from Lleida, one from Urgell, and one from Tortosa.

Sep 18, 2026 18:46

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

15,000 police officers, 2,500 journalists… the surprising numbers (challenges and opportunities) surrounding the Pope’s visit to France

Leo XIV Heads to France as a Quiet Religious Revival Meets a Country in Search of Common Ground

Sep 18, 2026 13:38

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

Stephen Colbert and Scott Brick will narrate the first English-language audiobook by Pope Leo XIV

The collection also shows a future Pope addressing a world already marked by the tensions that would later become familiar features of his pontificate: the consequences of September 11, political ideologies, poverty, conflict and questions surrounding human rights. The publisher presents these writings as an opportunity to see the reasoning behind some of Prevost’s contemplative responses to those challenges

Sep 18, 2026 13:25

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Here Is What the Xacobeo Holy Year Associated with the Camino de Santiago Will Look Like: Archbishop Presents the 2027 Program

Msgr. Francisco José Prieto presented the main outlines of the program and encouraged the business community to participate in a project he defined as a shared heritage and an opportunity for Galicia.

Sep 17, 2026 10:12

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

U.S. bishops establish a working group on artificial intelligence

The membership of the task force has not yet been determined, but the group will focus on promoting policies and practices that protect human dignity, religious liberty, democratic institutions, workers, families, and vulnerable populations

Sep 17, 2026 10:08

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Bishop of Getafe Dissolves the Brothers of Merciful Love Following the Dissolution of the Women’s Branch

The change affects seven priests, five incardinated in Getafe and two temporarily incorporated under arrangements with their respective bishops, as well as two deacons and about 20 seminarians. Until now, they had lived together in a canonically established formation house. That house is now being dissolved.

Sep 17, 2026 08:42

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

Anselm Grün Denies Helping an Abusive Priest Return to Ministry as Victims Demand a Wider Inquiry

According to the fourth annual report of the Independent Commission for the Investigation of Sexual Abuse in the Archdiocese of Paderborn, Grün became involved in the case of a priest from that archdiocese during the early 1990s. The priest had sexually abused a 16-year-old and admitted his guilt during criminal proceedings.

Sep 17, 2026 08:36

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Anthropic Reveals Massive Chinese Anti-Dissident AI-Generated Slander

China misused Claude to target dissidents, religious minorities, and journalists

Sep 16, 2026 18:59

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Christian Teen Beaten for Protecting Women in Pakistan

Masih was rushed to the hospital and later referred to the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital due to the severity of his condition. An official medical certificate was issued confirming severe injuries across multiple parts of his body.

Sep 16, 2026 18:52

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

When Fear Prevents People from Attending Mass and the Church Understands: Bishop of Indianapolis Exempts Migrants from Sunday Mass

The decree, issued September 4, is an unusually concrete pastoral response to an atmosphere of anxiety surrounding the intensified immigration crackdown in the United States

Sep 16, 2026 18:34

ZENIT Staff

General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

Good social relations, the common good, and three matters of the utmost urgency, according to Leo XIV

Pope’s General Audience, September 16, 2026, on the Human Community

Sep 16, 2026 18:27

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV appears in a scene from Chris Pratt’s new movie about St. Peter

Pratt described the opportunity to work with the Pope and the Vatican as an extraordinary honor, expressing gratitude for the trust and access granted to the production. He said St. Peter’s story remains fundamental to Christian faith and that he was grateful to help bring the apostle’s legacy to the screen.

Leo XIV’s Health: What Is Known and Said at the Vatican Regarding the Pope’s Health and the Initial Consequences of His Hospital Admission.

The pulmonary growth was discovered following tests performed at the Gemelli-Isola facility, initially intended to investigate what was considered a possible inflammation. According to information provided by the Vatican, the check-up was not prompted by a specific health issue but was a routine medical examination.