This is how the Venezuelan dictatorship revoked the cardinal’s passport and prevented him from leaving the country

Dec 11, 2025 16:04

Enrique Villegas

Cardinal Baltazar Porras, archbishop emeritus of Caracas Photo: Paco Campos/EFE/EFE

Local Church•Pope Francis•Pope Leo XIV•Rome

Pope Leo XIV reverses Pope Francis’ decision regarding the organization of the Diocese of Rome

Leo XIV acknowledges Francis’ intentions without contesting their validity. But he suggests that the Holy Year provided something the earlier reform could not foresee: a lived demonstration of the center’s pastoral coherence

Nov 28, 2025 22:30

Valentina di Giorgio

Local Church

Korean bishops warn about AI-generated videos of clergy, bishops, and the Pope

What troubles Church leaders most is not simply the technical manipulation, but the pastoral impact

Nov 27, 2025 17:57

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

After the Supreme Court’s Landmark Ruling, Northern Ireland Faces a New Conversation on Faith in Schools

The Supreme Court’s decision closes one legal chapter but opens a much larger social conversation. Whether that conversation becomes a source of conflict or a bridge toward a more confident and inclusive future will depend on how schools, churches, parents and policymakers choose to respond

Nov 27, 2025 17:55

Elizabeth Owens

Good News•Local Church•Vocations•Young People

Mass Attendance Boom: The Case of the US Diocese of Bridgeport

Another benefit of the program has been the increase in seminarians. The diocese promotes vocations with the Called by Name program, which has been successful in other dioceses in the United States.

Nov 26, 2025 17:43

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Dicasteries•Local Church

Vatican Dicastery Rejects Resignation of the Commissioner of the Heralds of the Gospel

The Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life responded with a concise message: the Cardinal should «wait a few months» before resigning. Based on the response, there is no indication that Pope Leo XIV was consulted regarding this refusal.

Nov 25, 2025 07:20

ZENIT Staff

On the Controversy with Trump, Leo XIV Denounces a «Not Entirely Accurate Narrative»

During the flight from Cameroon to Angola, the third leg of an itinerary that will ultimately take him to Equatorial Guinea, the Pope explained to the approximately 70 journalists accompanying him that many media interpretations are based on a dynamic of «comments upon comments,» rather than reflecting his true intentions.

Leo XIV leads opinion polls and has become the most popular public figure in the United States

Recent surveys suggest that Pope Leo XIV has entered the public arena with a degree of moral credibility that few global figures can match

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This is how the Venezuelan dictatorship revoked the cardinal’s passport and prevented him from leaving the country

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Polish bishops speak out against attacks on the legacy and figure of Saint John Paul II

Francigena Britannica formally recognised as part of historic pilgrimage route

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Faced with rising suicide rates among nuns and priests, the Catholic Church in India launches a ministry of healing and mental health

Excommunication for traditionalist clergyman “ordained bishop” in the US without the Pope’s authorization

Pope Leo XIV reverses Pope Francis’ decision regarding the organization of the Diocese of Rome

Korean bishops warn about AI-generated videos of clergy, bishops, and the Pope

After the Supreme Court’s Landmark Ruling, Northern Ireland Faces a New Conversation on Faith in Schools

Mass Attendance Boom: The Case of the US Diocese of Bridgeport

Vatican Dicastery Rejects Resignation of the Commissioner of the Heralds of the Gospel