The Pope’s ecumenical and interfaith message in Lebanon

Dec 01, 2025 22:18

ZENIT Staff

Ecumenical and interfaith meeting in Martyrs' Square in Beirut Photo: Vatican Media

Ecumenism

Romanian and Moldovan Orthodox Christians in conflict

As has been the case in Kiev for some time, there is also conflict in Chişinău between the Orthodox Church of Moldova – linked to the Moscow Patriarchate – and the Metropolis of Bessarabia, which belongs to the Romanian-speaking Church. The Patriarchate of Bucharest itself accuses pro-Russian hierarchs of interfering in the country’s electoral processes. A dispute that brings to the surface the troubled area between the Danube and the Dniester.

Nov 24, 2025 17:46

ZENIT Staff

Ecumenism•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

[PHOTO GALLERY] This is how the first historic day of the King of England’s state visit to Pope Leo XIV unfolded

But it was not diplomacy that defined the day. It was worship. The centerpiece of the royal visit was an ecumenical prayer in the Sistine Chapel — conducted in Latin and English — that brought together the Church of Rome and the Church of England in a gesture of fraternity unseen since the Reformation.

Oct 23, 2025 18:30

ZENIT Staff

Ecumenism•Pope Leo XIV

After 500 years, the King of England will pray with the Pope in the Sistine Chapel (and receive a seat and royal title in the papal basilica for himself and his successors)

King Charles will be formally installed as Royal Confrater of St. Paul, an honorary spiritual brotherhood conferred by the basilica’s Benedictine abbey with papal approval

Oct 20, 2025 13:04

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Ecumenism

First Divisions Appear in the Anglican Church After Appointment of First Woman as Leader

The appointment of Sarah Mullally has sparked great debate and division. Aged 63, married with two children, her election culminates a ten-year process that introduced female ordination into the Anglican Church, first with the priesthood (1992) and then with the episcopate (2014).

Oct 08, 2025 11:47

Rafael Llanes

Analysis Opinion•Ecumenism

The schism and the ecumenical problems ahead: a woman is the new head of Anglicans worldwide

The announcement, formally confirmed by King Charles III after the Crown Nominations Commission’s selection, has been met with both celebration and unease

Oct 03, 2025 15:35

Elizabeth Owens

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.

The Pope’s ecumenical and interfaith message in Lebanon

[Pope in Turkey: Day 4] Committing ourselves to the restoration of full unity (and 3 common challenges between Catholics and Orthodox Christians according to Leo XIV)

[Pope in Turkey: Day 4] The Pope’s words during his visit to the Armenians of Istanbul

[Pope in Turkey: Day 3] What does it mean to “be the Church”? Pope Leo XIV’s twofold answer

[Pope in Turkey: Day 3] Leo XIV is visibly moved as he enters the main church of the Patriarch of Constantinople

[Pope in Turkey: Day 2] Who is Jesus Christ in the lives of women and men today? The question (and answer) of Leo XIV

This is how Leo XIV reintroduces the value of the Creed prayer

Romanian and Moldovan Orthodox Christians in conflict

[PHOTO GALLERY] This is how the first historic day of the King of England’s state visit to Pope Leo XIV unfolded

After 500 years, the King of England will pray with the Pope in the Sistine Chapel (and receive a seat and royal title in the papal basilica for himself and his successors)

First Divisions Appear in the Anglican Church After Appointment of First Woman as Leader

The schism and the ecumenical problems ahead: a woman is the new head of Anglicans worldwide