German government recognizes the Catholic Church as a model in the fight against child sexual abuse

May 25, 2026 17:10

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Kerstin Claus, Germany’s Independent Federal Commissioner for Child and Youth Sexual Abuse Issues

Homosexuality•Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Gay couple breaks into 29 churches in France: here’s how they were apprehended and the sentence handed down by the police

According to investigators and court findings, Raphaël Hourdeaux, 35, and his partner Tony Paupière, 30, broke into 29 Catholic churches during the summer of 2025, mainly in isolated villages in rural northern France.

May 16, 2026 10:29

Covadonga Asturias

Local Church•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

Official: Pope Leo XIV to Visit France in September 2026: Here’s How President Macron Reacted on Social Media, and Here’s Everything We Know About the Trip

The Holy See announced that the Pope’s visit comes in response to invitations from French civil authorities, the country’s bishops, and the Director-General of UNESCO, whose Paris headquarters Leo XIV is expected to address during the trip.

May 16, 2026 10:13

Covadonga Asturias

Good News•Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Spanish prisoners will receive Bibles as gifts on the occasion of the Pope’s visit to Spain

During the Pope’s visit to Spain, Pope Leo XIV will visit a prison in Barcelona. This will be his second such visit, following his visit to a prison in Equatorial Guinea during his previous trip to Africa.

May 15, 2026 11:14

Covadonga Asturias

Analysis Opinion•Islam•Local Church•Young People

Vienna’s Silent Transformation: Nearly 50% of students in schools are already Muslim. Only 17% are Catholic

Perhaps no recent controversy symbolizes Vienna’s cultural unease more clearly than the city government’s decision earlier this year not to erect a statue honoring Polish King John III Sobieski. Sobieski led the Christian coalition that defeated Ottoman forces outside Vienna on September 12, 1683, in one of the decisive battles of European history

May 13, 2026 21:43

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Over 100 dead, 98,000 displaced, 217 churches destroyed in the diocese of Wukari

After destroying houses, churches, and other buildings, the attackers often illegally occupy the land of the displaced residents. The herding raids exacerbate the centuries-old land conflict between the Tiv and the Jukun.

May 12, 2026 18:15

ZENIT Staff

What does it mean to be part of Christ’s table, the Eucharist? Leo XIV explains it

Pope’s General Audience, June 24, 2026, on the Eucharistic Mystery

The Importance of Books and Writing: A Reflection by Pope Leo XIV Before Bestselling Authors from Around the World Gathered at the Vatican

Address by the Holy Father to a group of writers on the occasion of the centennial of the Vatican Publishing House

German government recognizes the Catholic Church as a model in the fight against child sexual abuse

UK government launches £92m Places of Worship Renewal Fund

Barcelona: Sagrada Familia Presents Plans for the Inaugural Ceremony of the Tower of Jesus Christ by Leo XIV. The Atheist President of Spain Will Attend the Mass.

Pope Leo XIV will visit Uruguay, according to statements from the Uruguayan government: here’s what we know

The percentage of Russians who identify as Orthodox has plummeted, while the sense of belonging among those who remain has grown stronger: this is revealed by a recent survey

Growing Up Christian in the Churchless Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

U.S. bishops announce the consecration of the country to the Sacred Heart on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of independence

Gay couple breaks into 29 churches in France: here’s how they were apprehended and the sentence handed down by the police

Official: Pope Leo XIV to Visit France in September 2026: Here’s How President Macron Reacted on Social Media, and Here’s Everything We Know About the Trip

Spanish prisoners will receive Bibles as gifts on the occasion of the Pope’s visit to Spain

Vienna’s Silent Transformation: Nearly 50% of students in schools are already Muslim. Only 17% are Catholic

Over 100 dead, 98,000 displaced, 217 churches destroyed in the diocese of Wukari