Violence at the Washington Cathedral: The Foiled Attack That Exposed America’s Deepening Tensions

Oct 09, 2025 11:25

ZENIT Staff

Washington Cathedral Photo: El País

Persecuted Christians•Rome

Rome to host official launch of Religious Freedom Report 2025

The programme will include the participation of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, who will deliver the inaugural address. Victims of religious persecution will also give first-hand testimonies, including two women who spent years on death row for their faith.

Oct 08, 2025 11:11

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

Nicolás Maduro asks the Pope for diplomatic mediation in conflict with Trump and the United States

Maduro Appeals to the Vatican as U.S. Naval Operations Heighten Tensions in the Caribbean

Oct 08, 2025 10:41

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

Two years after the massacre in Israel: Leo XIV speaks out and discusses other current issues, such as his first trip as Pope

The Pope’s comments came in the wake of controversy stirred by Israel’s embassy to the Holy See, which had criticized Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s recent interview as undermining peace efforts

Oct 07, 2025 15:36

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Religious Freedom

Spanish Catholic priest found guilty of hate speech for telling the truth about Islam

At the center of the controversy is a 2016 essay titled “The Impossible Dialogue with Islam,” in which Ballester argued that genuine dialogue between Christianity and Islam remains unattainable under current conditions

Oct 07, 2025 10:16

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

U.S. Bishops to Vote for Chairmen-elect of Six Standing Committees at Plenary Assembly in November

Elections for USCCB president and vice president are also taking place at this meeting; should any of the candidates for committee chairmanship be elected to fill to a higher office, the bishops’ Committee on Priorities and Plans will convene to nominate a new candidate for that committee

Oct 07, 2025 10:11

ZENIT Staff

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

Health for all: a speech by Leo XIV on health and human life

Address of the Pope to participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life

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Violence at the Washington Cathedral: The Foiled Attack That Exposed America’s Deepening Tensions

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First Divisions Appear in the Anglican Church After Appointment of First Woman as Leader

After Announcement of Exhibition of Remains of St. Francis, in Four Days More Than 30 Thousand Have Registered

European bishops call for EU Special Envoy for Religious Freedom

Rome to host official launch of Religious Freedom Report 2025

Nicolás Maduro asks the Pope for diplomatic mediation in conflict with Trump and the United States

Two years after the massacre in Israel: Leo XIV speaks out and discusses other current issues, such as his first trip as Pope

Spanish Catholic priest found guilty of hate speech for telling the truth about Islam

U.S. Bishops to Vote for Chairmen-elect of Six Standing Committees at Plenary Assembly in November