[Pope in Turkey: Day 3] What does it mean to “be the Church”? Pope Leo XIV’s twofold answer

Nov 29, 2025 21:13

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV presided over the Eucharistic celebration at the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul Photo: Vatican Media

Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

Nigeria: President Tinubu declares state of emergency due to insecurity and orders recruitment of additional police officers and soldiers

Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna of Kontagora (the diocese to which St. Mary’s Catholic School belongs) commented cautiously on the President’s initiative, stating in a brief statement to Fides: “We’ll see what comes of it.”

Nov 27, 2025 17:50

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Local Church•Vocations•Young People

Mass Attendance Boom: The Case of the US Diocese of Bridgeport

Another benefit of the program has been the increase in seminarians. The diocese promotes vocations with the Called by Name program, which has been successful in other dioceses in the United States.

Nov 26, 2025 17:43

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Persecuted Christians•Pope Leo XIV

Pope invites us to pray for Christian communities living in areas of war or conflict: here is the video

On the eve of his departure for Türkiye and Lebanon, the Pope invites us to pray for Christian communities who live in war-torn or conflict zones. Leo XIV invites them to not feel abandoned and to be “seeds of peace, reconciliation and hope.” He then asks all Christians in the world “to not fall into indifference” and to be “builders of unity.”

Nov 26, 2025 15:39

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Justice and Peace

Gaza: the ongoing grave situation and persecution of settlers in occupied Palestine

Palestinian religious leaders and academics have issued their own stark assessment. In a recent joint statement, they argued that the UN resolution’s vision for a Peace Board, chaired by the U.S. president, represents a new form of external administration rather than a path to self-determination

Nov 25, 2025 18:45

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Marriage and Family

Against Western polyamory and African polygamy: this is what the Vatican’s new (and beautiful) document on marriage says

The Note proposes a vision of monogamy rooted not in rule-making but in anthropology. Marriage, it states, is built on an unbreakable exclusivity, the kind that turns two people into a single story without dissolving their individual identities

Nov 25, 2025 18:37

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Why is Christian archaeology important? Pope Leo XIV provides these answers

Address of the Pope to the professors and students of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology

What you should know about Pope Leo XIV’s letter on Christian archaeology

The letter repeatedly emphasizes archaeology’s capacity to inspire hope. Modern technologies capable of recovering microscopic details or reconstructing damaged inscriptions remind scholars that even the most neglected materials can reveal unexpected depths

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[Pope in Turkey: Day 3] What does it mean to “be the Church”? Pope Leo XIV’s twofold answer

[Pope in Turkey: Day 3] Leo XIV is visibly moved as he enters the main church of the Patriarch of Constantinople

Pope Leo XIV reverses Pope Francis’ decision regarding the organization of the Diocese of Rome

[Pope in Turkey: Day 2] Who is Jesus Christ in the lives of women and men today? The question (and answer) of Leo XIV

Cardinal Kurt Koch Is Appointed President of Aid to the Church in Need

Korean bishops warn about AI-generated videos of clergy, bishops, and the Pope

After the Supreme Court’s Landmark Ruling, Northern Ireland Faces a New Conversation on Faith in Schools

Nigeria: President Tinubu declares state of emergency due to insecurity and orders recruitment of additional police officers and soldiers

Mass Attendance Boom: The Case of the US Diocese of Bridgeport

Pope invites us to pray for Christian communities living in areas of war or conflict: here is the video

Gaza: the ongoing grave situation and persecution of settlers in occupied Palestine

Against Western polyamory and African polygamy: this is what the Vatican’s new (and beautiful) document on marriage says