World’s Largest Statue Dedicated to the Virgin Mary Is Inaugurated in Brazil

Sep 29, 2025 06:36

Rafael Manuel Tovar

The assembly phase will be completed in November.

Local Church

Four nuns, including the superior general of the Order, die in tragic accident

The sisters had been in the diocese for the perpetual profession of three of their members, a joyful celebration held on Saturday. On Sunday morning, 15 September, they visited the Bishop’s residence in Kahama to bid farewell before traveling toward Mwanza. It was during their final leg of the journey, from Bukumbi – Mwanza to the airport, that the accident occurred

Sep 24, 2025 18:34

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

This is the mental health campaign launched by the Catholic Church in the United States

“Healing and Hope” is taken from the National Catholic Mental Health Campaign’s introductory statement authored by Archbishop Borys Gudziak and Bishop Robert Barron, who wrote: “As pastors, we want to emphasize this point to anyone who is suffering from mental illness or facing mental health challenges: nobody and nothing can alter or diminish your God-given dignity. You are a beloved child of God, a God of healing and hope.”

Sep 24, 2025 18:29

ZENIT Staff

Islam•Local Church

USA: The National Catholic and Muslim Dialogue: “Journeying Together”

The NCMD hosted an event at The Catholic University of America with keynotes by the Most Reverend John Stowe, OFM, Conv., Bishop of Lexington, and Imam Saffet Catovic, current Muslim Chaplain at Drew University and a member of the international writing team of Al Mizan.

Sep 24, 2025 18:27

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia Prepares to Crown Its Skyline with the Tower of Christ, the highest in Europe

When crowned with a luminous cross, the tower will eclipse Germany’s Ulm Minster, holder of the record since the 19th century at 162 meters. Surrounding it will be five other towers, one dedicated to the Virgin Mary and four slightly smaller ones symbolizing the Evangelists.

Sep 23, 2025 12:04

Covadonga Asturias

Local Church•Rome

Italy Weighs Restoring Feast of St. Francis as National Holiday Amid Calls for Unity

If approved, the holiday would return nearly half a century after its removal in 1977, when austerity measures swept away several feast days

Sep 22, 2025 18:02

Valentina di Giorgio

Pope Leo XIV Reverses Another Decision of Pope Francis: World Children’s Day Cancelled in Rome

All initiatives aimed at children’s ministry may be celebrated, at the discretion of the Bishops, at the diocesan or parish level.

German bishops push their progressive agenda in Rome: an audience with Pope Leo XIV and the presentation of a synodal project to the Curia

The proposed Synodal Conference would function as a permanent body at the national level, where bishops and lay members jointly discuss and decide on matters ranging from governance and accountability to sexual ethics and the role of women in the Church

World’s Largest Statue Dedicated to the Virgin Mary Is Inaugurated in Brazil

Assisi: Meloni to attend St. Francis’ Day celebrations after it is approved as a national holiday

Poland 2025: European leader in number of vocations

On the controversy in the German episcopate regarding Leo XIV’s clear “no” to liturgical blessings for gay couples

Andorra will approve abortion despite the fact that its head of state is a Catholic bishop

Image of Christ scourged, destroyed by Jewish extremist, reinstalled in Jerusalem

U.S. Bishops Enter Supreme Court Clash Over Transgender Athletes and Women’s Sports

Four nuns, including the superior general of the Order, die in tragic accident

This is the mental health campaign launched by the Catholic Church in the United States

USA: The National Catholic and Muslim Dialogue: “Journeying Together”

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia Prepares to Crown Its Skyline with the Tower of Christ, the highest in Europe

Italy Weighs Restoring Feast of St. Francis as National Holiday Amid Calls for Unity