Cardinal Dolan reveals that the US Vice President apologized to him for a false and defamatory comment

Feb 23, 2026 21:57

Tim Daniels

Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Vice President JD Vance Photo: InfoVaticana

Local Church•Religious Freedom

Catholic Church in the US publishes its 2026 annual report on religious freedom in the country

The report summarizes developments on national questions and federal policies affecting religious liberty in the U.S., including the role of religion in American public life, and the challenges and opportunities of the present moment

Feb 19, 2026 17:27

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Bishops Representing Latin America, Canada, and United States Gather to Pray, Discuss, and Reaffirm Their Unity as One Church

The eleven bishops attending included bishops from the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM), the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

Feb 19, 2026 17:20

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Exile as Policy: Nicaragua Expels Another Priest as Pressure on the Catholic Church Intensifies

With 309 religious already displaced and over a thousand documented acts of hostility, the pattern is no longer episodic. It has become structural

Feb 19, 2026 17:12

Enrique Villegas

Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV to Equatorial Guinea: video captures the Holy Father’s travel coordinator visiting the country ahead of a papal trip

If Malabo’s walk-through on 9 February is any indication, the new pontificate intends to move early and visibly. For the Vatican, apostolic travel has never been mere movement; it is a pastoral act staged in public space

Feb 17, 2026 18:01

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church•Pro Life

Notre Dame “Catholic” University against (at least) nine American bishops (including the president of the Episcopal Conference)

As the most prominent Catholic university in the United States, its decisions reverberate nationally and internationally. When bishops speak in unusually unified tones — at least nine within days — the signal is unmistakable: they perceive not a routine hiring matter, but a test of identity

Feb 17, 2026 16:43

ZENIT Staff

Leo XIV leads opinion polls and has become the most popular public figure in the United States

Recent surveys suggest that Pope Leo XIV has entered the public arena with a degree of moral credibility that few global figures can match

Amid the polarization between Trump and Leo XIV, U.S. police respond to a bomb threat at the home of the Pope’s brother

Police in New Lenox, a suburban community outside Chicago, responded on the evening of April 15 at approximately 6:30 p.m. to reports of a bomb threat at the home of John Prevost, one of the Pope’s two older brothers

Cardinal Dolan reveals that the US Vice President apologized to him for a false and defamatory comment

Record number of adults to be received into Catholic Church in Southwark

Photo Gallery: 1,500 People Per Hour. This Was the First Day of the Historic Exhibition of the Mortal Remains of St. Francis of Assisi

Surprise in Belgium: Catholic Church reports increase in adult baptisms. Here are the figures

This is what Pope Leo XIV’s tour of Italy will look like: these are the seven different cities he will visit in four months

At 76 Years Old, This Is Cardinal Dolan’s New “Job”: New York Police Chaplain

Three Areas Where the Fire of Pastoral Ministry Can Be Rekindled, According to Pope Leo XIV

Catholic Church in the US publishes its 2026 annual report on religious freedom in the country

Bishops Representing Latin America, Canada, and United States Gather to Pray, Discuss, and Reaffirm Their Unity as One Church

Exile as Policy: Nicaragua Expels Another Priest as Pressure on the Catholic Church Intensifies

Pope Leo XIV to Equatorial Guinea: video captures the Holy Father’s travel coordinator visiting the country ahead of a papal trip

Notre Dame “Catholic” University against (at least) nine American bishops (including the president of the Episcopal Conference)