Pope Leo XVI to visit Spain: here’s everything we know so far

Jan 04, 2026 19:57

Jorge Enrique Mújica

the visit would mark Leo XIV’s first trip to Spain as Pope Photo: Vatican Media

Local Church•Vocations

Priestly vocations in England and Wales: data pointing to either stabilization or decline

In 2024, the Catholic dioceses of England and Wales, together with the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, recorded 22 priestly ordinations, two more than the previous year

Dec 24, 2025 19:40

Elizabeth Owens

Good News•Local Church

The world’s oldest church has been found: where is it, what is it like, and how can you visit it?

Discovered in 1998 by a team led by American archaeologist Thomas Parker, the church was constructed between approximately 293 and 303, during the reign of Emperor Diocletian. Unlike earlier Christian meeting places—often adapted private homes known as domus ecclesiae—the Aqaba structure was built from the ground up as a church

Dec 23, 2025 15:32

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Cardinal Damasceno confers ministries on 69 Heralds of the Gospel and hints at upcoming ordinations (end of Vatican intervention?)

It was at the conclusion of his reflection that the cardinal offered a cautious yet decisive sign of progress: “I hope that in the near future we will be able to confer the Holy Orders to those who are duly prepared.”

Dec 22, 2025 15:34

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Polonia: Sunday Mass Attendance Rises as Sacramental Life Continues to Thin

According to the 2024 edition of the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae in Polonia, 29.6 percent of Polish Catholics eligible to attend Mass were present on an average Sunday last year

Dec 22, 2025 15:29

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

This is the new Catholic bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV for London: he is from Africa, enjoys horse riding, and was a soldier

Born in 1958 in Chingola, in what was then Northern Rhodesia and is now Zambia, Richard Moth grew up in Kent after his family returned to England. His vocation emerged early, influenced by parish life and a priest whose personal holiness left a lasting impression

Dec 22, 2025 15:12

Elizabeth Owens

What is the relationship between the Word of God and the Church? Pope Leo XIV responds

Pope’s general audience, February 11, 2026, on “the profound and vital relationship between the Word of God and the Church.”

Pope Leo XIV’s Beautiful Letter To Priests of Madrid (That Every Priest or Future Priest Should Read)

Letter from the Holy Father to the Presbytery of the Archdiocese of Madrid on the occasion of the Presbyteral Assembly «Convivium»

Pope Leo XVI to visit Spain: here’s everything we know so far

Can Masses be celebrated with mariachi music? Mexican diocese issues practical guidelines

What is known about the Colombian priest who was stabbed to death in Italy at the end of 2025?

Parish closures: new data shows the decline of the Catholic Church in Germany, the most progressive… and “synodal”

Church containing relic of the crown of thorns desecrated and Eucharist stolen. What will the Church do?

US Bishops Exempt from Sunday Mass Immigrants Fearing Arrest: Which Dioceses Are Included and Until What Date?

American missiles, persecuted Christians, and a country that cannot protect them: why did Trump bomb part of Nigeria?

Priestly vocations in England and Wales: data pointing to either stabilization or decline

The world’s oldest church has been found: where is it, what is it like, and how can you visit it?

Cardinal Damasceno confers ministries on 69 Heralds of the Gospel and hints at upcoming ordinations (end of Vatican intervention?)

Polonia: Sunday Mass Attendance Rises as Sacramental Life Continues to Thin

This is the new Catholic bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV for London: he is from Africa, enjoys horse riding, and was a soldier