Some reflections on the inner dimension of vocation: a 100% vocational message from Pope Leo XIV

Mar 26, 2026 18:52

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV’s first message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations Photo: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV•Vocations

Pope Leo XIV to priests: no to homilies with Artificial Intelligence and the search for “likes” and “followers” on social media

The Pope also warned against a subtler distortion of priestly identity: the search for validation on social media platforms such as TikTok. The illusion, he suggested, is to believe that accumulating followers or “likes” means one is effectively evangelizing

Feb 23, 2026 21:16

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Documents•Vocations

Letter of the Superior General of the Camaldolese Monks about Netflix, Instagram and TikTok that Every Superior and Formator Should at Least Read.

«I am writing these things to initiate a shared reflection and to avoid pretending that this challenge to monastic life today doesn’t exist,» writes the Prior General of the Camaldolese.

Feb 15, 2026 18:56

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Vocations

National liturgical donation: 4,000 American seminarians will receive the Liturgy of the Hours free of charge

The edition now being placed in seminarians’ hands represents more than a publishing update. It is the result of over a decade of liturgical and linguistic work.

Feb 01, 2026 18:31

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Vocations

This is what religious with perpetual vows in the USA are like, according to the CARA 2025 survey

The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), Georgetown University’s research arm for Catholic life, has released its annual survey of women and men who professed perpetual vows in 2025 within religious institutes, provinces, or monasteries based in the United States

Jan 27, 2026 21:58

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church•Vocations

Austria Opens a New Path to the Priesthood for Midlife Professionals

The conference has stressed that the initiative aligns fully with Vatican norms, particularly those outlined in the Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis, the foundational document governing priestly formation worldwide

Jan 07, 2026 17:46

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Pope Leo XIV “responds” to Trump’s threat regarding Iran’s extinction: here is what he said

The Pope’s remarks echoed and reinforced his Easter message delivered during the Urbi et Orbi on April 5, where he had already called on those with the power to wage war to lay down their arms and choose dialogue

Two interpretations of the empty tomb, only one to choose: Pope Leo XIV’s reflection

Address on the occasion of the Regina Coeli prayer on Monday, April 6, 2026

Some reflections on the inner dimension of vocation: a 100% vocational message from Pope Leo XIV

The Land of a Thousand Islands, 150,000 Catholics, and… 44 Seminarians!

The sacrament of confession (reconciliation or penance), beautifully explained by Pope Leo XIV to young priests and seminarians

Pornography: one of the causes of the decline in vocations, according to expert

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

Synod Study Groups Signal Structural Shifts: Digital Jurisdiction and Women’s Role in Seminary Formation on the Vatican Table

Pope Leo XIV, seminarians, and the call to a supernatural view of reality

Pope Leo XIV to priests: no to homilies with Artificial Intelligence and the search for “likes” and “followers” on social media

Letter of the Superior General of the Camaldolese Monks about Netflix, Instagram and TikTok that Every Superior and Formator Should at Least Read.

National liturgical donation: 4,000 American seminarians will receive the Liturgy of the Hours free of charge

This is what religious with perpetual vows in the USA are like, according to the CARA 2025 survey

Austria Opens a New Path to the Priesthood for Midlife Professionals