Poland 2025: European leader in number of vocations

Sep 28, 2025 19:42

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Just a decade ago, Poland could celebrate more than 400 new priests in a single year.Photo: Religión en Libertad

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

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Leo XIV, China and attention to communities suffering for their faith

AsiaNews editorial director Fr. Gianni Criveller comments on the Pope’s words on China in an interview released in recent days: «He guarantees the continuity of previous choices, aware that there is time between now and the new expiry of the Agreement in 2028. But he also says he is listening to the “underground” communities that (rightly or wrongly) feel they have been sacrificed. So that the government’s narrative is not the only one in this complex and painful ecclesial affair.»

Sep 22, 2025 17:57

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Bomb Threat at Córdoba’s Cathedral Sparks Debate Over Sacred Heritage and Security

The scare came only days after a small fire in the cathedral, reportedly caused by the overheating of a cleaning machine’s battery, had already raised questions about preparedness in safeguarding the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Sep 19, 2025 21:59

Covadonga Asturias

The topics the Pope will discuss with all the world’s cardinals in late June have been announced: liturgy is not on the agenda

The agenda itself is revealing. While speculation in some circles had focused on possible discussions concerning liturgical questions or curial reform, the Consistory will instead concentrate on issues that Leo XIV appears to regard as more urgent

Reflections by Leo XIV on certain elements that constitute the sacred liturgy, such as rite, sign, and symbol

The Pope’s General Audience, June 3, 2026, on certain elements that constitute the sacred liturgy, such as rites, signs, and symbols

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

Leo XIV, China and attention to communities suffering for their faith

Bomb Threat at Córdoba’s Cathedral Sparks Debate Over Sacred Heritage and Security