Reform and Responsibility: Leo XIV Reshapes Vatican Governance from Finance to Safeguarding

Apr 02, 2026 22:03

Valentina di Giorgio

the Pope has chosen Paola Fanelli to lead the Directorate of Human Resources Photo: Religion Digital

Justice and Peace•Pope Leo XIV•Woman

Pope Meets with Israeli and Palestinian Women at the Vatican

Layla al-Sheik, a Palestinian mother who lost her son Qusay in the Second Intifada, and Elana Kaminka, mother of Yannai, an Israeli soldier killed on October 7, shared their memories with their children and future generations, urging them to build a better future.

Mar 28, 2026 21:11

Rafael Llanes

Ecumenism•Pope Leo XIV

First female Anglican leader to visit Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican: here’s what we know

The newly installed Archbishop of Canterbury will travel to Rome from April 25 to 28, in what will be her first direct engagement with the Vatican since assuming office on March 25 at Canterbury Cathedral

Mar 28, 2026 19:52

Elizabeth Owens

Ecumenism•Pope Leo XIV

This is what the letter that Pope Leo XIV sent to the first female leader of the Anglican Church on the day of her “enthronement” says

The Holy Father congratulates the new Archbishop of Canterbury, reaffirms the value of ecumenical dialogue between Catholics and Anglicans despite the difficulties, and asks God to guide her so that both Churches may continue to bear united witness to Christ before the world

Mar 27, 2026 10:18

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Dicasteries•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV continues to reshape the Roman Curia: Meet the new Australian prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts

The appointment, announced on March 25, fills a strategic vacancy at the heart of the Vatican’s juridical machinery. Randazzo, 59, succeeds Filippo Iannone, who was transferred in September 2025 to lead the Dicastery for Bishops, the body responsible for vetting episcopal appointments worldwide

Mar 26, 2026 19:00

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV•Vocations

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

Message of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV for the 63rd World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2026

Mar 26, 2026 18:52

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

Reform and Responsibility: Leo XIV Reshapes Vatican Governance from Finance to Safeguarding

3 Characteristics of the mission to which God calls His people: a homily for priests on Holy Thursday that applies throughout the year

Pope Leo XIV Speaks Again About Trump and the War (and It Is Announced That the Pope Will Carry the Cross Throughout the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday)

Pope Leo XIV Reverses Another Decision of Pope Francis: World Children’s Day Cancelled in Rome

German bishops push their progressive agenda in Rome: an audience with Pope Leo XIV and the presentation of a synodal project to the Curia

Pope Leo XIV continues to restructure the Roman Curia: new Vatican No. 3 and prefect of the Papal Household

“As King of Peace”: Leo XIV’s first homily (almost poetic and prayer-like) on Palm Sunday, delivered to a world at war

Pope Meets with Israeli and Palestinian Women at the Vatican

First female Anglican leader to visit Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican: here’s what we know

This is what the letter that Pope Leo XIV sent to the first female leader of the Anglican Church on the day of her “enthronement” says

Pope Leo XIV continues to reshape the Roman Curia: Meet the new Australian prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts

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