Pope Leo XIV scores 8 out of 10 in US approval poll: here are the results

Sep 16, 2025 17:53

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Leo XIV is already viewed positively by American Catholics Photo: Vatican Media

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Celebrating the Day of a Blessed

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology and director of the Sacerdos Institute at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

Sep 15, 2025 17:31

ZENIT Staff

Religious Freedom

WHO Continues Attack on Conscience Rights

According to the authors of the review, in the eleven countries they surveyed, they were unable to “identify any country or setting where conscientious objection was regulated in a way that was effective in ensuring the availability and accessibility of abortion in practice.”

Sep 15, 2025 17:27

ZENIT Staff

Gender Ideology

US to UN Women: Stop Pushing Gender Ideology

While the U.S. delegation was alone in voting against the plan, ten other delegations, mostly from Africa and the Middle East. Also India and Russia expressed concerns about UN Women’s work on gender and sexual rights.

Sep 15, 2025 17:25

ZENIT Staff

Causes of Saints•Local Church

This is the new bronze statue of Saint Carlo Acutis unveiled in Assisi

Acutis was canonized by Pope Leo XIV in a ceremony held in St. Peter’s Square. Within the Sanctuary of the Spogliation are now two statues: one honoring St. Francis, and another dedicated to Acutis, who is buried precisely in this place.

Sep 15, 2025 17:23

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

U.S. Bishops’ Administrative Committee Approves Transition of Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism to a Permanent Subcommittee

The new subcommittee will begin its work following the conclusion of the November Plenary Assembly

Sep 15, 2025 17:20

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

Pope Leo XIV scores 8 out of 10 in US approval poll: here are the results

Relic of Saint Carlo Acutis stolen in Venezuela: risk of online sale?

Pope Leo calls on Catholics in Gaza; more than 500 Catholic priests announce march in support of Gaza in Rome

Strasbourg ruling leaves unresolved the issue of restrictions on worship and Masses during the pandemic

S Korean bishops discuss abortion law with lawmakers

Vietnam and Holy See Deepen Ties in Twelfth Round of Bilateral Dialogue

Vatican commission documents 1,600 martyrs of the faith in 25 years

Questions about liturgy: Celebrating the Day of a Blessed

WHO Continues Attack on Conscience Rights

US to UN Women: Stop Pushing Gender Ideology

This is the new bronze statue of Saint Carlo Acutis unveiled in Assisi

U.S. Bishops’ Administrative Committee Approves Transition of Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism to a Permanent Subcommittee