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Launches Magnifica Humanitas Ambassador Programme During the Global Nobel Laureates Assembly at Borgo Laudato Si’ (Vaticano)

New Global Initiative to Give a First-Ever Meaningful Voice to People and Communities Worldwide Most Impacted by the Rapid Development and Deployment of AI

Jul 17, 2026 09:12

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Dom Robert Igo OSB Elected President of the English Benedictine Congregation at Historic 100th General Chapter

Dom Robert, who will also continue to serve as Abbot of Ampleforth Abbey, succeeds Abbot Christopher Jamison OSB of Worth Abbey, who completed nine years of dedicated service as President of the Congregation.

Jul 17, 2026 08:17

ZENIT Staff

Good News

Order of Preachers Launches Renewed Official Website

The renewed op.org is not only a website but a service to communion and mission. It helps the Order speak with greater clarity, share its resources more generously, promote vocations more effectively, and make visible the many ways Dominicans continue to preach the Truth for the salvation of souls.

Jul 16, 2026 07:13

ZENIT Staff

Religious Freedom

Arkansas Surges to the Top of America’s Religious Liberty Ranking as States Compete to Strengthen Legal Protections

The index places Arkansas 63 percentage points above New York, which ranked last with a score of 26 percent. New York returned to the bottom position for the first time since 2022, replacing West Virginia.

Jul 16, 2026 07:08

ZENIT Staff

Rome

New website about new Mass and World Day of Prayer for Creation

The website features the liturgical texts and various pastoral ideas to enrich the eucharistic celebrations, while also providing formation resources to understand the importance of this ecumenical observance and the practicalities about how to celebrate the new Mass.

Jul 15, 2026 19:09

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church•Vatican Diplomacy

Cardinal Zuppi’s New Visit to Ukraine: The Pope’s Special Envoy Visits Russian Prisoners, Many of Whom Are Catholic

On July 14, Zuppi, the Archbishop of Bologna and president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, began a four-day visit to Ukraine by travelling to Zakhid-1, a detention facility in the Lviv region, accompanied by the Apostolic Nuncio, Visvaldas Kulbokas, and Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See, Andrii Yurash

Jul 15, 2026 18:25

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Priests

A young Kenyan diocese faces a test of authority as its bishop suspends nearly one in six priests

The underlying dispute also touches on a perennial problem in Church governance: reform can be necessary and still generate resistance. A bishop seeking to impose greater transparency may encounter suspicion from those who fear excessive centralization

Jul 15, 2026 18:12

ZENIT Staff

Pro Life

Federal court allows Michigan pro-life orgs to hire, insure employees according to beliefs

Right to Life of Michigan and Pregnancy Resource Center Grand Rapids are suing Michigan after it amended its employment law to redefine “sex” discrimination to include “the termination of a pregnancy,” forcing the pro-life organizations to hire employees who don’t agree with their mission.

Jul 15, 2026 18:03

ZENIT Staff

Gender Ideology

Male athletes dismiss lawsuit against NH women’s sports law, Trump executive orders protecting female athletes

Two male students are suing the state of New Hampshire over its law that protects women’s sports. The ACLU has added two executive orders protecting girls and children from gender ideology, signed by President Donald Trump, to the lawsuit, making it the first legal challenge against the executive orders.

Jul 15, 2026 17:59

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Pair of Mediums Desecrate the Basilica of El Pilar, the Cathedral, and Another Church in Zaragoza, Spain

Crude spiritualists engage in offensive behavior by posting videos on Instagram filmed inside Catholic churches, claiming to detect «spirits» and even using a pendulum to, according to them, measure «energies» at the site where the Virgin Mary appeared.

Jul 15, 2026 07:14

ZENIT Staff

Testimonies•Woman

Queen of England Meets with a Group of Catholic Nuns Fighting Human Trafficking

Less than one year after their historic meeting during the State Visit to the Holy See, Catholic Sisters met again with Her Majesty The Queen Camilla at Clarence House to share the impact of their global work, particularly in support of vulnerable women and girls.

Jul 15, 2026 06:25

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

“Vatican Bank” Announces New CEO for 2026

Gian Franco Mammì will conclude his term upon reaching the mandatory retirement age

Jul 15, 2026 06:20

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV Approves a New Bishop Appointed by the Chinese Government for a Diocese in That Country

The episcopal ordination of Fr Paul Liu Honggang, 56, took place today, the first in over 20 years for this diocese in Shanxi. The appointment was made under the China-Vatican agreement. After the expulsion of the missionaries, a local priest, Father Guo Yingong, kept the faith alive even during the Cultural Revolution.

Pope Leo XIV personally ordered his Dicastery for Communication to stop using works by the former Jesuit Rupnik, according to the bishop of Lourdes

The Vatican quietly removed the images in June, a decision that initially came without an official explanation. Micas’s account now provides an explanation for that change and portrays Leo as having taken a deliberate position on an issue that had become increasingly difficult for the Church to treat simply as a question of artistic preference