Divided at the Pulpit: Illinois Priests’ Campaign Donations Expose Catholic Fault Lines in U.S. Politics

Sep 09, 2025 18:14

Tim Daniels

more than seventy Catholic priests in the state quietly opened their wallets to federal campaigns between 2021 and 2024

Gender Ideology•Local Church•Persecuted Christians

This is what is known about the transsexual who murdered Catholic children in an attack inside a church in the USA

A Church Massacre in Minneapolis Exposes the Dark Web of Extremism and Gender Confusion

Aug 28, 2025 17:49

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Causes of Saints•Local Church

Emotion in Assisi: Carlo Acutis sculpture unveiled in the garden near his tomb

St. Carlo at the Cross, a work by sculptor Timothy Schmalz—widely known as Pope Francis’ sculptor—was installed in the garden of the Sanctuary of the Renunciation, just days before the canonization of the millennial saint.

Aug 27, 2025 17:17

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Young People

Pope Leo XIV will speak with young Americans during his first digital visit to the United States

The Holy Father is expected to address up to 15,000 registered young people, aged 14 to 18, coming from Catholic youth movements across the United States, and to interact directly with them in a live 45-minute dialogue.

Aug 27, 2025 10:23

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Local Church

PHOTO GALLERY: Amidst the war, a beautiful new Catholic basilica is blessed and inaugurated in Ukraine

For Archbishop Shevchuk and the more than twenty bishops who stood with him, the basilica is more than a new place of worship. It is a visible testament that the Church, once driven underground during decades of Soviet repression, continues to raise sanctuaries of light in the midst of new shadows of war.

Aug 26, 2025 15:46

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Legal dispute over Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue: this is the solution proposed by the Senate

The Archdiocese responded firmly in August: the monument, the plateau, and the chapel beneath remain Church property, safeguarded by the Mitra Arquidiocesana. “The Brazilian people must have certainty that Christ the Redeemer is sacred,” declared Father Omar Raposo, rector of the sanctuary, who underlined that the Church is the only legitimate authority over its use and preservation.

Aug 26, 2025 12:45

Enrique Villegas

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

Divided at the Pulpit: Illinois Priests’ Campaign Donations Expose Catholic Fault Lines in U.S. Politics

Catholic member of British royal family to have Catholic funeral attended by the King and Queen of England

Do Exorcists Charge for Each Session? International Association of Exorcists Issues Statement

Nicaragua’s Silenced Church: A Report from Exile on a Persecution Without Pause

Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo allows Anglican “priestess” and lesbian couple to concelebrate

England’s Cathedrals See Post-Pandemic Revival in Visitors, but Worship Attendance Tells a More Complex Story

Guatemalan Parliament creates Bible Day… Local church considers it unnecessary!

This is what is known about the transsexual who murdered Catholic children in an attack inside a church in the USA

Emotion in Assisi: Carlo Acutis sculpture unveiled in the garden near his tomb

Pope Leo XIV will speak with young Americans during his first digital visit to the United States

PHOTO GALLERY: Amidst the war, a beautiful new Catholic basilica is blessed and inaugurated in Ukraine

Legal dispute over Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue: this is the solution proposed by the Senate