Believing isn’t always easy; Pope Leo XIV knows this and offers a concrete “solution”

Apr 12, 2026 17:18

Pope Leo XIV recited the Regina Coeli prayer with thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square Photo: Vatican Media

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Pope Francis

This is how Catholicism declined in Latin America during Pope Francis’ pontificate

The pastoral challenge facing the Catholic Church in Latin America is therefore not the disappearance of faith, but the erosion of the institutional bonds that once sustained it.

Mar 05, 2026 09:47

Enrique Villegas

Angelus•Pope Leo XIV

The Transfiguration of Jesus explained by Pope Leo XIV

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, March 1, 2026

Mar 01, 2026 09:50

ZENIT Staff

General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

What does it mean that the Church is the mystery made perceptible? Pope Leo XIV explains it

Pope’s general audience, February 18, 2026, on the Church as mystery and sacrament

Feb 18, 2026 17:28

ZENIT Staff

Angelus•Pope Leo XIV

What is true justice in love? Pope Leo XIV answers

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, February 15, 2026

Feb 15, 2026 18:59

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis•Vatican City

Epstein’s documents, Pope Francis, and what they say about the Vatican

Taken together, the correspondence portrays the Vatican as more than a spiritual authority in the eyes of Epstein and his associates. It appears as a pressure point in global politics: influential in debates over migration, environmental stewardship, populism and relations with China

Feb 13, 2026 17:01

ZENIT Staff

Amid the polarization between Trump and Leo XIV, U.S. police respond to a bomb threat at the home of the Pope’s brother

Police in New Lenox, a suburban community outside Chicago, responded on the evening of April 15 at approximately 6:30 p.m. to reports of a bomb threat at the home of John Prevost, one of the Pope’s two older brothers

Leo XIV on TIME magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people

Pope Benedict XVI appeared three times, while Francis was featured on six occasions, reflecting different phases in the Church’s engagement with global issues

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Believing isn’t always easy; Pope Leo XIV knows this and offers a concrete “solution”

Holiness and the Evangelical Counsels Explained in Light of the Second Vatican Council by Pope Leo XIV

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

Pope Leo XIV defends the priesthood in the Church as a vocation reserved for men in a catechesis, following the Second Vatican Council

The account of the resurrection of Lazarus and the symptom of a longing for the infinite, as reflected upon by Leo XIV

What does it mean that the Church is a priestly and prophetic people? Pope Leo XIV explains it

Is Having Faith «Believing Blindly»? Pope Leo XIV Responds

This is how Catholicism declined in Latin America during Pope Francis’ pontificate

The Transfiguration of Jesus explained by Pope Leo XIV

What does it mean that the Church is the mystery made perceptible? Pope Leo XIV explains it

What is true justice in love? Pope Leo XIV answers

Epstein’s documents, Pope Francis, and what they say about the Vatican