An Upright Gaze: Key to Leo XIV’s Homily for the Pontifical Universities

Nov 07, 2025 16:13

Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica -- with university students from the pontifical institutions --, presided over by Pope Leo XIV Photo: Vatican Media

Dicasteries•Virgin Mary

Mary Co-redemptrix? This is what the most comprehensive Vatican reflection on Marian terminology since the Second Vatican Council says

The Vatican’s new note is not merely a negative prohibition but an attempt at theological purification—a careful pruning of language to preserve the integrity of devotion

Nov 04, 2025 17:43

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Justice and Peace•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

California’s Democratic government removes statue of Saint Junípero Sierra after lying about consulting the Archbishop of San Francisco

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, whose archdiocese encompasses many of the missions Serra founded in the 18th century, says he was blindsided by the decision

Nov 04, 2025 10:09

ZENIT Staff

Vocations

Nine diocesan priests begin novitiate in the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic

Br. John Langlois, OP, Provincial Promoter of the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic for the Province of St. Joseph, vested the priests with the scapular of the Order. During the rite of vestition, Br. John asked those seeking admission into the Order what they desired. They responded: “God’s mercy and yours.”

Nov 04, 2025 10:07

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Trump threatens military intervention in Nigeria over the serious killing of Christians in the country

Trump’s statement on October 31, posted on his social media platform Truth Social, ignited a global debate about faith, politics, and foreign policy. “Christianity faces an existential threat in Nigeria,” he wrote

Nov 03, 2025 17:42

Tim Daniels

Marriage and Family•Testimonies

JD Vance (Catholic vice president of the USA) and his desire for his wife to convert to Catholicism

The Vice President, a Catholic convert since 2019, spoke openly about raising his children in the Catholic faith—and about his hope that his wife, Usha, who was raised in a Hindu family, might one day share his belief in the Gospel

Nov 03, 2025 10:02

Tim Daniels

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Pope Leo XIV will not participate in the anniversary of St. John Paul II’s historic World Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi

The Vatican’s decision does not suggest a setback in his recovery: reflects the prudence required after major surgery, even when clinical results are encouraging. The Pope had been expected to attend the gathering entitled “Disarmed and Disarming Peace,” which will bring together Christian leaders, representatives of other religious traditions and invited guests in the Umbrian town.

Pope Leo XIV to Jews at the Vatican: The Church does not tolerate anti-Semitism and combats it, in accordance with the Gospel itself

The Pope’s Remarks to a Delegation from the American Jewish Committee

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An Upright Gaze: Key to Leo XIV’s Homily for the Pontifical Universities

Mexico Is Confirmed in 2025 as One of the Most Dangerous Countries to Be a Priest

Iran, the Land of Radical Muslims, Dedicates Metro Station to the Virgin Mary

Pax Christi International, the global Catholic peace movement, Marks 80 Years of Building Bridges for Tomorrow

Vatican elevates oldest church on the Arabian Peninsula to basilica status

This is what Pope Leo XIV said about Rupnik, the situation in Venezuela, and the religious freedom rights of migrants in the USA

This is the 197-inch sculpture dedicated to Pope Leo XIV in his former Peruvian diocese

Mary Co-redemptrix? This is what the most comprehensive Vatican reflection on Marian terminology since the Second Vatican Council says

California’s Democratic government removes statue of Saint Junípero Sierra after lying about consulting the Archbishop of San Francisco

Nine diocesan priests begin novitiate in the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic

Trump threatens military intervention in Nigeria over the serious killing of Christians in the country

JD Vance (Catholic vice president of the USA) and his desire for his wife to convert to Catholicism