Emotion in Assisi: Carlo Acutis sculpture unveiled in the garden near his tomb

Aug 27, 2025 17:17

ZENIT Staff

It is located in the garden of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore

Virgin Mary•Vocations

How Devotion to Mary Shapes Vocations in the Church: an interesting study

The numbers tell a clear story. Nearly nine in ten respondents describe a living devotion to Mary, most often expressed through the rosary, pilgrimages, or the wearing of devotional medals. For many, such practices are not simply private habits but enduring sources of identity and strength in ministry

Aug 26, 2025 12:42

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion

One Hundred Days of Pope Leo: An Approximation

One leader is a great «peacemaker» who has achieved «spectacular» military successes and is doing «great things» in the economic field; the other is Pope Leo XIV.

Aug 25, 2025 15:50

Simone Varisco

Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

What Does Pope Leo XIV’s Letter to the President of Ukraine Say? Full Text

«I implore the Lord to move the hearts of people of good will, so that the clamor of arms may be silenced and give way to dialogue, opening the way to peace for the good of all,» the Pope says in part of the letter.

Aug 24, 2025 21:19

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Masses of Christian Burial

People in irregular marriages and suicides should not usually be denied a funeral. In such cases denial of the funeral is more likely than not to be counterproductive and cause unnecessary misunderstanding and bitterness.

Aug 24, 2025 12:45

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Gender Ideology•Justice and Peace

UNICEF spends hundreds of millions of dollars promoting sexually explicit content, according to research

It should be understood that UNICEF produces and promotes this material without the explicit approval of UN Member States as a body. What’s more, likely, most governments of the UN General Assembly disapprove of this material

Aug 24, 2025 12:42

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV assumes his role as Bishop of Rome for the second time and will ordain new priests for his diocese

The authorization, granted on March 7, clears the way for the ordination of eight future priests and seven permanent deacons who have completed the required stages of formation and examination under the diocesan commissions responsible for evaluating candidates for sacred orders

Cardinal of Iran arrives at the Vatican and meets with Pope Leo XIV after the bombing of the country and days without news of him

The Vatican has also recalled the Holy See’s diplomatic representative in Iran, the Indian priest Sebastian Febin, who had been serving as chargé d’affaires of the Apostolic Nunciature in the absence of a nuncio

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Emotion in Assisi: Carlo Acutis sculpture unveiled in the garden near his tomb

Pope Leo XIV will speak with young Americans during his first digital visit to the United States

Joint Statement by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in response to Israel’s full invasion of Gaza

PHOTO GALLERY: Amidst the war, a beautiful new Catholic basilica is blessed and inaugurated in Ukraine

Israeli government approves settlement of more Palestinian territory; bishops of the Holy Land oppose

Faith Before Technology

Legal dispute over Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue: this is the solution proposed by the Senate

How Devotion to Mary Shapes Vocations in the Church: an interesting study

One Hundred Days of Pope Leo: An Approximation

What Does Pope Leo XIV’s Letter to the President of Ukraine Say? Full Text

Questions about liturgy: Masses of Christian Burial

UNICEF spends hundreds of millions of dollars promoting sexually explicit content, according to research