Iran’s President Appeals to the Pope Regarding the Situation in His Country and the War in the Middle East

May 18, 2026 18:19

ZENIT Staff

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian Photo: PBS

Good News•Testimonies

The UEFA Soccer League Referee Who Is Also a Theologian

Damian Sylwestrzak, 34, belongs to a generation of referees accustomed to constant scrutiny. Every decision is replayed in slow motion, debated on television, and judged on social media. In this ecosystem of constant tension, the Polish referee finds a point of equilibrium in his spirituality.

May 14, 2026 17:46

Dante Alba, LC

Euthanasia•Pro Life

France and England: Two Pro-Life Victories in the Face of the Culture of Discard (Assisted Death and Euthanasia)

Europe’s Assisted Suicide Debate Hits Resistance: France and Britain Reveal Growing Unease Over Euthanasia

May 14, 2026 17:44

Elizabeth Owens

Controversies•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

Vatican Clarifies Iran Ambassador Controversy: Routine Diplomatic Honor Miscast as Political Endorsement

According to clarifications issued by both Vatican officials and the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See, the honor formed part of the Vatican’s longstanding diplomatic protocol: ambassadors accredited to the Holy See who complete at least two years of service commonly receive the distinction.

May 14, 2026 17:37

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Leo XIV•Young People

Neither the Sum of What We Have, Nor Algorithms, Nor Matter Assembled at Random: What Are We? Two Questions Posed in Pope Leo XIV’s Address to University Students

Pope’s Address at La Sapienza University in Rome

May 14, 2026 08:44

ZENIT Staff

Controversies•Dicasteries

Vatican Publicly Warns: Lefebvrist Ordination of Bishops without Papal Mandate Implies Schism and Excommunication

According to a letter from St. John Paul II, the faithful who adhere to the schism also incur excommunication.

May 13, 2026 22:23

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Leo XIV Meets with Victims of Abuse in Spain

During the conversation, which lasted almost an hour, each of those present, drawing on their own painful personal experiences, offered the Pope proposals for a more effective Church response to these tragic cases.

The Pope’s powerful homily on the Feast of Corpus Christi: may religiosity not be a museum of the past, but a school of faith from which we can draw inspiration even today

Homily by the Holy Father on the occasion of Corpus Christi in Madrid

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Iran’s President Appeals to the Pope Regarding the Situation in His Country and the War in the Middle East

U.S. bishops announce the consecration of the country to the Sacred Heart on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of independence

Questions about liturgy: Incense Boat in a Procession

Gay couple breaks into 29 churches in France: here’s how they were apprehended and the sentence handed down by the police

Official: Pope Leo XIV to Visit France in September 2026: Here’s How President Macron Reacted on Social Media, and Here’s Everything We Know About the Trip

On friendship in a letter to Egyptian Copts: this is what the Pope of Rome says to the Pope of Egypt

Spanish prisoners will receive Bibles as gifts on the occasion of the Pope’s visit to Spain

The UEFA Soccer League Referee Who Is Also a Theologian

France and England: Two Pro-Life Victories in the Face of the Culture of Discard (Assisted Death and Euthanasia)

Vatican Clarifies Iran Ambassador Controversy: Routine Diplomatic Honor Miscast as Political Endorsement

Neither the Sum of What We Have, Nor Algorithms, Nor Matter Assembled at Random: What Are We? Two Questions Posed in Pope Leo XIV’s Address to University Students

Vatican Publicly Warns: Lefebvrist Ordination of Bishops without Papal Mandate Implies Schism and Excommunication