The smiling Carmelite is on her way to the altars: she is recognized as a “servant of God”

Jan 21, 2025 21:05

ZENIT Staff

Sister Cecilia María, Making Her Vows. Photo: Religion en Libertad

The Cuban government announced the gradual release of 553 prisoners in response to a direct appeal from Pope Francis.

Local Church•Vocations

Vatican Approved Gays in Seminaries? Dismantling a Lie

New approach to priestly formation in Italy: mission, community and personalization

Jan 11, 2025 17:11

Valentina di Giorgio

Local Church•Pro Life

USA: “9 Days for Life” Unites Hundreds of Thousands in Prayer for the Protection of Life

In the Catholic Church, a ‘novena’ consists of prayers over nine successive days, and this particular novena is an opportunity for prayer and penance in observance of the annual Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children on January 22.

Jan 10, 2025 19:14

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church

Cardinal Timothy Dolan to Open President Trump’s Inauguration with Prayer

Dolan’s role underscores the spiritual underpinnings of an inauguration often framed as a secular ceremony. “Faith is a gift—it’s God’s initiative, not ours,” Dolan said. “It’s not our energy that drives it; we simply must accept and cooperate.”

Jan 10, 2025 15:27

Tim Daniels

Local Church

Sodalitium of Christian Life Begins Its General Assembly: To Press On with Its Process of Renewal with the Intervention of the Holy See

Among the most relevant points on the agenda are the election of a new Superior General and his Council for the 2025-2030 period. Revisited, likewise, is the Community’s current state and the “text of revision and modifications of the Constitutions,” which will be presented for its approval.

Jan 10, 2025 14:15

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Local Church

Pilgrimage Boom: Camino de Santiago Hits Record-Breaking Numbers in 2024

The surge in pilgrim numbers is a testament to the Camino’s enduring allure. In 2024, over 38,000 Americans made the journey, solidifying their place as the second-largest group of pilgrims after Spaniards, who accounted for over 200,000 walkers. Italy and Germany also contributed significantly, with 28,599 and 23,462 pilgrims, respectively.

Jan 09, 2025 18:19

ZENIT Staff

How Jesus Christ transforms man’s relationship with God, according to Pope Leo XIV

Pope’s general audience, January 14, 2026, on the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum on Divine Revelation

Pope Leo XIV Receives Nobel Prize Laureate Maria Corina Machado: This Is What the Venezuelan Leader Asked Him

Maria Corina Machado also expressed to the Pope the importance of the civic demonstration carried out by Venezuelans on July 28, 2024, which reaffirmed the legitimacy of President Edmundo González Urrutia.

The smiling Carmelite is on her way to the altars: she is recognized as a “servant of God”

Pope Decides to Ban the Sodalitium of Christian Life and Entrusts Its Execution to a Controversial Priest

Abuses in the Catholic Church in the USA: Report Reveals Both Shadows of the Past as Well as Indisputable Signs of Change

Gays in Seminaries? In Regard to Homosexuals and the Priesthood, the Norms Have Not Changed at All

Cuba responds to the Pope by releasing half a thousand prisoners in the context of Jubilee 2025

No Sin is Beyond God’s Unfathomable Mercy, says Bishop Thomas on the Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Pope’s Secretary of State gathers Pontifical Nuncios in Jordanian capital in view of situation in Middle East

Vatican Approved Gays in Seminaries? Dismantling a Lie

USA: “9 Days for Life” Unites Hundreds of Thousands in Prayer for the Protection of Life

Cardinal Timothy Dolan to Open President Trump’s Inauguration with Prayer

Sodalitium of Christian Life Begins Its General Assembly: To Press On with Its Process of Renewal with the Intervention of the Holy See

Pilgrimage Boom: Camino de Santiago Hits Record-Breaking Numbers in 2024