Pope calls for day of fasting and prayer on August 22: this is what he said and this is why

Aug 20, 2025 22:16

ZENIT Staff

His appeal came at the close of the weekly general audience in Rome Photo: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV•Virgin Mary

Pope Leo XIV visits the Virgin Mary. Where, when, and how? This is how the encounter unfolded

Father Adam Dźwigoń, one of the Polish Resurrectionist priests entrusted with the sanctuary, recalled the atmosphere of the visit as one of quiet intensity. “We awaited him with serenity, even surprising ourselves,” he said, noting how the Pope had sought continuity with his predecessors

Aug 19, 2025 20:54

ZENIT Staff

Vatican Diplomacy

Israeli ambassador to the Holy See accuses Vatican newspaper of anti-Semitism

The incident stems from a column published on August 7 by Jesuit theologian David Neuhaus, a German-Israeli scholar born in South Africa to Jewish parents and a former vicar for Hebrew-speaking Catholics in Jerusalem

Aug 19, 2025 20:52

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

French archbishop reverses appointment of priest convicted of abuse

In a written statement, Archbishop de Kerimel acknowledged the outcry, apologized to victims who interpreted the appointment as a dismissal of their suffering, and confirmed the selection of Father Léopold Biyoki as the new chancellor, effective September 1.

Aug 19, 2025 20:50

Covadonga Asturias

Interview•Marriage and Family•Testimonies

«Adoption Is Not a ‘Plan B’, It’s a True Vocation»: Young Influencers Who Bet on Adoption

We are experiencing this time as a «pregnancy of the heart,» a little longer than usual. Furthermore, we don’t know if it will be a boy or a girl, a baby or an older child, what features it will have… and this allows us to wait without labelling, loving without limits. In this process, we also consciously prepare for the arrival and, above all, we care for and strengthen our marriage, because it will be the pillar of the family that God entrusts to us.

Aug 18, 2025 20:56

Pablo Hertfelder Garcia-Conde

Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV to bishops of the Amazon: no to the worship of nature

The remark has not gone unnoticed. In Rome, observers saw in it an implicit reference to the controversies of the 2019 Amazon Synod, when images of the Pachamama were introduced in Vatican events and provoked heated debate about the limits of inculturation

Aug 18, 2025 18:10

Enrique Villegas

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Pope Leo XIV visits the Virgin Mary. Where, when, and how? This is how the encounter unfolded

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Pope Leo XIV to bishops of the Amazon: no to the worship of nature