Cardinal Dolan reveals that the US Vice President apologized to him for a false and defamatory comment

Feb 23, 2026 21:57

Tim Daniels

Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Vice President JD Vance Photo: InfoVaticana

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church

Stop allowing clerical gatherings that disregard poverty: a bishop’s powerful and applauded plea for any ecclesial meeting

Addressing some 90 Filipino bishops and diocesan administrators, Varquez urged his peers to keep their twice-yearly assemblies modest, warning against the “scandal” of accepting lavish hospitality from host dioceses—many of which struggle financially.

Feb 01, 2026 18:40

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops

Pope’s Secretary of State speaks out on ICE in Minneapolis, Greenland, and the reconstruction of Gaza

Vatican Secretary of State Breaks Silence on U.S. Immigration Deaths, Gaza Reconstruction Plans, and the Moral Limits of Power

Jan 29, 2026 18:36

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church

“We cannot vote on the Resurrection”: Cardinal of Cologne absent from German Synodal Path meeting and considers it over

The German Synodal Path has become a test case for how far local churches can go before they collide with the apostolic structure of Catholicism itself. For the Cardinal of Cologne, the line has already been crossed

Jan 29, 2026 10:42

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Cardinals and Bishops•Interview

The Consistory, The Situation of Christians in Iraq, and Their Return to Baghdad After a Brief Exile: An Interview with Cardinal Sako

Having participated on January 7-8, 2026, in the first Extraordinary Consistory of Pope Leo XIV in Rome, Cardinal Sako shares his reactions with ZENIT and discusses the Chaldean Church in Iraq.

Jan 28, 2026 10:59

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Vatican City

With Leo XIV, “normality is slowly returning” to the Vatican… according to Benedict XVI’s private secretary

After meeting Pope Leo XIV twice in 2025, most recently in mid-December, the German prelate said he sensed a renewed calm taking hold. For him, the word that best captures the moment is “normality.”

Jan 26, 2026 22:22

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Trump responds to Pope Leo XIV: I don’t want a ceasefire

Donald Trump has publicly dismissed the very idea of a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict involving Iran. Questioned about the Pope’s earlier call—issued on 15 March—for an immediate cessation of hostilities and a reopening of dialogue, the U.S. president was blunt: “We can talk, but I don’t want a ceasefire.”

The account of the resurrection of Lazarus and the symptom of a longing for the infinite, as reflected upon by Leo XIV

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, March 22, 2026

Cardinal Dolan reveals that the US Vice President apologized to him for a false and defamatory comment

At 76 Years Old, This Is Cardinal Dolan’s New “Job”: New York Police Chaplain

This is how the inauguration of the new Catholic Archbishop of Westminster went

The Lefebvrians’ meeting with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican, as told by themselves

Cuban bishops cancel special visit to the Pope: there is no gasoline in the country, not even for airplanes

Pope Leo XIV brings spiritual exercises back to the Apostolic Palace: they will be preached by a Norwegian monk (and bishop)

After one month of Nicolás Maduro’s imprisonment, the Venezuelan government restores Cardinal Porras’ passport

Stop allowing clerical gatherings that disregard poverty: a bishop’s powerful and applauded plea for any ecclesial meeting

Pope’s Secretary of State speaks out on ICE in Minneapolis, Greenland, and the reconstruction of Gaza

“We cannot vote on the Resurrection”: Cardinal of Cologne absent from German Synodal Path meeting and considers it over

The Consistory, The Situation of Christians in Iraq, and Their Return to Baghdad After a Brief Exile: An Interview with Cardinal Sako

With Leo XIV, “normality is slowly returning” to the Vatican… according to Benedict XVI’s private secretary