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

Aug 18, 2025 18:10

Enrique Villegas

Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon

Pope Leo XIV•Virgin Mary

The Pope’s first homily dedicated to the Virgin Mary on the Feast of the Assumption

Homily of Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

Aug 15, 2025 16:13

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Virgin Mary

The 7th shrine dedicated to Mary, mother of persecuted Christians, will open in Iraq

The new shrine will stand within the recently built Church of St. Ephrem, its focal point an icon delivered this August by Father Benedict Kiely, founder of the Vermont-based charity Nasarean.org.

Aug 15, 2025 10:06

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Nicaraguan dictatorship attacks the Church once again and expropriates school owned by nuns

After a government decree, the school has been renamed the “Bismarck Martínez Educational Center,” in honor of a Sandinista militant killed during the 2018 anti-government protests

Aug 15, 2025 10:02

Enrique Villegas

Analysis Opinion•Bioethics

Research reveals that 270 million human beings have died because of in vitro fertilization

A recent academic analysis, published in the journal «Fertility and Sterility», has brought fresh attention to this ethical fault line. It estimates that for every child born through IVF, many more embryos — each a distinct human life in the earliest stage — are eliminated. Conservative projections suggest that since 1978, the number of embryos lost directly through IVF procedures could exceed 270 million

Aug 15, 2025 09:57

Tim Daniels

Persecuted Christians

Mob of Hindu extremists attack priests, nuns, and catechists in India

This violence, the bishops argue in their August 8 statement, is part of “a disturbing pattern of hostility toward the Christian minority in India.” They call it “a blatant violation of constitutional rights and human dignity” and urge Odisha’s government to swiftly prosecute the perpetrators

Aug 15, 2025 09:55

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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The Pope’s first homily dedicated to the Virgin Mary on the Feast of the Assumption

The 7th shrine dedicated to Mary, mother of persecuted Christians, will open in Iraq

Nicaraguan dictatorship attacks the Church once again and expropriates school owned by nuns

Research reveals that 270 million human beings have died because of in vitro fertilization

Mob of Hindu extremists attack priests, nuns, and catechists in India