Basilica of the Holy Family Becomes the Tallest Church in Europe

Oct 31, 2025 12:06

ZENIT Staff

The piece installed corresponds to the lower arm of the cross, with a height of 7.25 meters and a weight of 24 tons.

Local Church

Italian Catholic Church approves text of its Synodal Path: what issues caused division and why is it important for the rest of the Church?

The final vote reflects broad unity, though not without tension. While most proposals passed with over 90 percent approval, some — particularly those concerning women’s participation and shared governance — received around 75 to 80 percent support, signaling ongoing debate

Oct 28, 2025 20:10

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Nicolás Maduro attacks bishop; Cardinal Porras cancels Mass of thanksgiving for first Venezuelan saints

The canonization of Hernández and Rendiles could have been a unifying event for a country in pain. Instead, it revealed the moral chasm separating the Church’s vision of human dignity from the regime’s hunger for control

Oct 24, 2025 12:13

Enrique Villegas

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Digital Generosity or Digital Overreach? The Archdiocese of San Antonio Pushes Back Against GoFundMe’s “Unapproved” Charity Pages

The controversy places GoFundMe at a crossroads between innovation and intrusion—raising deeper questions about who controls the digital spaces where generosity meets technology

Oct 24, 2025 12:11

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

U.S. bishops to discuss impact, opportunities, and challenges of artificial intelligence at November plenary meeting

The plenary will begin with Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, and president of the USCCB, delivering his final address to the bishops as USCCB president

Oct 23, 2025 17:58

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Argentine bishop authorizes new instruments for liturgical songs in his diocese

The text, grounded in the teachings of the Second Vatican Council and the Church’s own liturgical guidelines, does more than regulate. It listens—to the evolving musical language of local communities, to the pastoral need for inclusion, and to the perennial truth that song in worship is not performance, but prayer

Oct 22, 2025 22:19

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The gunman who attempted to assassinate John Paul II tried to meet with Leo XIV in Turquí: what happened?

Agca arrived with the unmistakable intention of inserting himself into the story. Speaking to Turkish media, he expressed hope for a brief conversation with the pontiff—a few minutes, nothing more—while insisting that the papal presence in Iznik was “extraordinary.”

The homily with which Pope Leo XIV instilled hope in the Lebanese people

Homily of Pope Leo XIV at the concluding Mass of his pastoral visit to Lebanon

Basilica of the Holy Family Becomes the Tallest Church in Europe

This is what World Youth Day Korea 2027 will look like, according to a presentation made to the press in Seoul

Research shows that German Catholics have a stronger attachment to the Church than Protestants

United States to Exhibit Largest Collection of Vatican Treasures Outside Europe

USA: Archbishop Broglio Urges Funding of Lifesaving Programs and an End to Federal Government Shutdown

Against religious freedom: Venezuelan government attacks cardinal after country’s first saints are canonized

Theme announced for the 2028 International Eucharistic Congress in Sydney

Italian Catholic Church approves text of its Synodal Path: what issues caused division and why is it important for the rest of the Church?

Nicolás Maduro attacks bishop; Cardinal Porras cancels Mass of thanksgiving for first Venezuelan saints

Digital Generosity or Digital Overreach? The Archdiocese of San Antonio Pushes Back Against GoFundMe’s “Unapproved” Charity Pages

U.S. bishops to discuss impact, opportunities, and challenges of artificial intelligence at November plenary meeting

Argentine bishop authorizes new instruments for liturgical songs in his diocese