Pope Leo XIV authorizes the beatification of one of Lebanon’s founding fathers (and 80 Spanish martyrs)

May 29, 2026 17:12

ZENIT Staff

Maronite Patriarch Elias Hoyek

Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Healing the Healer: Pope Leo XIV intervenes at Padre Pio of Pietrelcina’s hospital. Why?

On May 27, Pope Leo XIV signed a papal chirograph establishing a special commission with extraordinary powers to stabilize and relaunch Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, the renowned Catholic hospital in San Giovanni Rotondo founded by Padre Pio in the 1950s

May 28, 2026 13:19

Valentina di Giorgio

Cardinals and Bishops•Pope Leo XIV

The Priority of the Gospel, Synodality According to Leo XIV, and the Types of Courage Needed Today in the Church

Pope’s Address to the Italian Bishops

May 28, 2026 04:56

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

U.S. Bishops’ Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection Releases Annual Report

This is the twenty-third such report since 2002 when the U.S. bishops established and adopted the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, a comprehensive framework of procedures to address allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy and establish protocols to protect children and young people.

May 27, 2026 17:54

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General Audience•Liturgy and Divine Worship•Pope Leo XIV•Priests

Pope Leo XIV calls the liturgy the “driving force of evangelization” and urges priests to respect liturgical texts and norms

The Pope’s General Audience, May 27, 2026, on Tradition and Reform in the Liturgy

May 27, 2026 17:48

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

Pope Leo XIV receives Spain’s atheist president amid a political crisis in the country he is about to visit

The approximately 45-minute private audience between Sánchez and the Pope unfolded against a turbulent domestic backdrop. On the same day, Spanish political debate was dominated by developments involving investigations linked to the Socialist Party and the legal scrutiny surrounding former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

May 27, 2026 17:39

Valentina di Giorgio

Leo XIV authorizes a diocesan bishop to remove the superior of a monastery

Although the language belongs to the world of canon law, the practical question behind the reform is straightforward: who has the authority to remove the superior of a monastery when the superior himself becomes the subject of disciplinary action?

Confirmed: Leo XIV to Visit a Second Microstate: San Marino

The only Pope to have visited San Marino was Saint John Paul II. This occurred on August 29, 1982.

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Pope Leo XIV authorizes the beatification of one of Lebanon’s founding fathers (and 80 Spanish martyrs)

“Peter’s Pence on Trial”: U.S. Supreme Court Allows Lawsuit Against Catholic Bishops to Move Forward

Leo XIV authorizes a diocesan bishop to remove the superior of a monastery

“Magnifica Humanitas” and Xi Jinping’s Thought on AI: Same Problem, Different Solutions

Some Reflections on the Life of the Church, Looking Ahead to the Coming Years (by Pope Leo XIV)

PHOTO GALLERY: The traditional Chartres pilgrimage breaks records. Here are the surprising figures that challenge the European narrative of religious decline

Italian bishop announces plan to evangelize Muslims in his diocese: offering Christ, not just material aid

Healing the Healer: Pope Leo XIV intervenes at Padre Pio of Pietrelcina’s hospital. Why?

The Priority of the Gospel, Synodality According to Leo XIV, and the Types of Courage Needed Today in the Church

U.S. Bishops’ Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection Releases Annual Report

Pope Leo XIV calls the liturgy the “driving force of evangelization” and urges priests to respect liturgical texts and norms

Pope Leo XIV receives Spain’s atheist president amid a political crisis in the country he is about to visit