Japanese court reaffirms natural marriage, creating new tensions in Japan’s LGBT debate

Dec 09, 2025 18:19

ZENIT Staff

the union of a man and a woman—remains fully compatible with the country’s postwar Constitution.

Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

13 new ambassadors are presented to the Pope, who tells them that the Holy See will not be a spectator in human rights violations

Address by the Pope on the occasion of the presentation of credentials by the ambassadors of Uzbekistan, Moldova, Bahrain, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Liberia, Thailand, Lesotho, South Africa, Fiji, Micronesia, Latvia, and Finland

Dec 06, 2025 19:25

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Young People

This is the first country to legally ban social media for children, and this is what studies say about it

The measure did not emerge in a vacuum. For years, Australian parents have voiced concern over the stark gap between their children’s physical maturity and the psychological intensity of online environments

Dec 06, 2025 15:47

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church

Francigena Britannica formally recognised as part of historic pilgrimage route

The Via Francigena is an historic 2000-kilometre pilgrim way from Canterbury to Rome

Dec 06, 2025 15:45

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

One in four clergy members feels isolated, according to a study that also reveals their emotional state

The survey followed more than a thousand clergy ordained in different cohorts or admitted to training in 2016, revisiting them year after year

Dec 06, 2025 15:43

Elizabeth Owens

Gender Ideology

European Court violates national laws and imposes recognition of same-sex unions in the European Union

What the report ultimately provides is not closure but a map: a chart of the questions that still divide scholars, bishops, and believers.

Dec 05, 2025 09:40

ZENIT Staff

Photo Gallery: Leo XIV Now Has An Official Mosaic to Enrich St. Paul’s Basilica, and This Is How He Reacted When It Was Shown to Him

Just over eight months after the election of Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican Mosaic Workshop has completed the mosaic portrait for the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, at the request of the Archpriest of the Basilica, Cardinal James Michael Harvey.

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

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Japanese court reaffirms natural marriage, creating new tensions in Japan’s LGBT debate

In defense of the Virgin Mary? International Marian Association against document by Cardinal Fernández and Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Polish bishops speak out against attacks on the legacy and figure of Saint John Paul II

For the third time and in the midst of war, the president of Ukraine meets with Pope Leo XIV

For the first time, a U.S. president writes in honor of the Immaculate Conception of Mary: this is what Trump’s message says

A Tested Church in a Tense Land: Beijing’s Recognition of a Detained Bishop Rekindles Debate Over the Vatican–China Deal

Who is behind the promotion of Benedict XVI’s canonization and his declaration as a Doctor of the Church?

13 new ambassadors are presented to the Pope, who tells them that the Holy See will not be a spectator in human rights violations

This is the first country to legally ban social media for children, and this is what studies say about it

Francigena Britannica formally recognised as part of historic pilgrimage route

One in four clergy members feels isolated, according to a study that also reveals their emotional state

European Court violates national laws and imposes recognition of same-sex unions in the European Union