This is what World Youth Day Korea 2027 will look like, according to a presentation made to the press in Seoul

Oct 30, 2025 20:06

ZENIT Staff

Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-taick, president of the Local Organizing Committee Photo: Archidiocese of Seoul

Gender Ideology•Justice and Peace•Woman

Australia: A Region of the Country Bans Biological Men Who Identify as Women from Prisons Designed for Women

The announcement came just days after Katie, a female inmate, was sexually assaulted by Krista Richards, her transgender cellmate, in a South Australian prison; Krista was pretending to be a woman, as reported by Thewing. The Northern Territory Minister commented: «If you’re born male, you go to a men’s prison. At the end of the day, it’s really about the safety of women. This is about women’s dignity.»

Oct 29, 2025 15:40

Rafael Llanes

Local Church•Religious Freedom

Against religious freedom: Venezuelan government attacks cardinal after country’s first saints are canonized

On October 25, Cardinal Baltazar Porras, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas and one of the most prominent voices in the Venezuelan Church, reported that government interference and military obstruction prevented him from reaching Isnotú, the birthplace of Saint José Gregorio Hernández

Oct 28, 2025 20:17

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Theme announced for the 2028 International Eucharistic Congress in Sydney

The Sydney gathering, scheduled for 2028, will unfold in a world marked by fragmentation, anxiety, and a hunger for meaning. Its chosen theme — the body given — speaks directly into that context. It reminds the faithful that love, in its most authentic form, is not sentiment but surrender

Oct 28, 2025 20:13

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Italian Catholic Church approves text of its Synodal Path: what issues caused division and why is it important for the rest of the Church?

The final vote reflects broad unity, though not without tension. While most proposals passed with over 90 percent approval, some — particularly those concerning women’s participation and shared governance — received around 75 to 80 percent support, signaling ongoing debate

Oct 28, 2025 20:10

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican City

The traditional Latin Mass celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica marks a new chapter under the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

For the first time since 2019, the so-called “old Mass” — the usus antiquior of the Roman Rite — resounded beneath Michelangelo’s dome. Roughly three thousand pilgrims, many of them young families with children and lace-veiled women, filled the basilica

Oct 28, 2025 20:07

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV writes to clergy around the world about holiness on the Feast of the Sacred Heart: the Pope’s letter that every priest should read

Letter from the Pope to all priests of the Catholic Church on the occasion of the Day for the Sanctification of Priests

León XIV traveled to Rome on the Spanish king’s private plane after the official plane that was supposed to transport him broke down: here’s what happened

What was supposed to be a routine return flight from Tenerife to Rome on June 12 transformed into an unusual episode that forced the Pontiff to abandon his scheduled aircraft and accept the personal assistance of King Felipe VI of Spain.

This is what World Youth Day Korea 2027 will look like, according to a presentation made to the press in Seoul

Research shows that German Catholics have a stronger attachment to the Church than Protestants

Israeli ambassador to Vatican acknowledges role of popes in ending war

United States to Exhibit Largest Collection of Vatican Treasures Outside Europe

Oregon social worker appeals order forcing him to remove children’s books from desk

World Jewish Congress Welcomes Pope Leo XIV’s Strong Condemnation of Antisemitism

USA: Archbishop Broglio Urges Funding of Lifesaving Programs and an End to Federal Government Shutdown

Australia: A Region of the Country Bans Biological Men Who Identify as Women from Prisons Designed for Women

Against religious freedom: Venezuelan government attacks cardinal after country’s first saints are canonized

Theme announced for the 2028 International Eucharistic Congress in Sydney

Italian Catholic Church approves text of its Synodal Path: what issues caused division and why is it important for the rest of the Church?

The traditional Latin Mass celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica marks a new chapter under the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV