Vatican: A French bishop succeeds Cardinal O’Malley as head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Jul 05, 2025 23:36

ZENIT Staff

Archbishop Thibault Verny of Chambéry, France Photo: Vatican Media

it both affirms the positive spiritual fruits linked to Medjugorje and allows the faithful to engage in these experiences, under the guidance of the Church’s new norms for discerning spiritual phenomena.

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Internal (and leaked) Vatican report questions justification for suppression of Latin Mass

The internal report, prepared by the Fourth Section of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (formerly the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei), summarized the data received from dioceses across continents and highlighted seven major findings. Together, these findings portray a reality that sharply diverges from the narrative presented in Traditionis Custodes

Jul 03, 2025 19:20

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church

Iraqi Cardinal Warns Against Regime Change in Iran: «It Only Makes Things Worse»

«Imposing a new regime is not a solution. True change must come from within, when the people of a country decide it’s time,» Sako said. He cautioned that Israel’s military and political maneuvers aimed at weakening Iran’s leadership risk inflaming the entire region

Jul 03, 2025 19:04

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

U.S. Bishops’ President Reacts to Passage of One Big Beautiful Bill Act

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, lamented the great harm the bill will cause to many of the most vulnerable in society, making steeper cuts to Medicaid and clean energy tax credits, and adding more to the deficit

Jul 03, 2025 19:00

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Beyond the Pews: Minnesota’s Catholic Church (USA) Emerges as a US$5.4 Billion Economic Powerhouse

Despite its modest size in comparison to heavily Catholic countries like Italy, the Church’s reach here is wide: two seminaries, one Catholic university, 79 elementary schools, and 16 high schools form the bedrock of its educational infrastructure.

Jul 02, 2025 18:53

Tim Daniels

Pro Life

USA: Supreme Court Upholds States’ Power to Cut Medicaid Funds to Abortion Providers in Landmark Decision

The 6–3 decision in «Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic» affirms a 2018 executive order from South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster that sought to exclude Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program

Jul 01, 2025 17:38

Tim Daniels

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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Vatican: A French bishop succeeds Cardinal O’Malley as head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

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Spanish diocese in litigation against Opus Dei makes public its proposal to the Pope for Torreciudad; Opus Dei speaks out

Pope Francis’ confessor dies in Argentina at age 98

Internal (and leaked) Vatican report questions justification for suppression of Latin Mass

Iraqi Cardinal Warns Against Regime Change in Iran: «It Only Makes Things Worse»

U.S. Bishops’ President Reacts to Passage of One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Beyond the Pews: Minnesota’s Catholic Church (USA) Emerges as a US$5.4 Billion Economic Powerhouse

USA: Supreme Court Upholds States’ Power to Cut Medicaid Funds to Abortion Providers in Landmark Decision