Who is behind the promotion of Benedict XVI’s canonization and his declaration as a Doctor of the Church?

Dec 07, 2025 15:49

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Archbishop Georg Gänswein Photo: Vida Nueva Digital

Causes of Saints•Protection of vulnerable people

Pedro Arrupe’s Legacy Confronts a New Test Amid Jesuit Abuse Lawsuit

The debate underscores a broader tension: how should the Church weigh the heroic sanctity of figures like Arrupe against their entanglement—however indirect—in systemic failures?

Sep 21, 2025 22:03

ZENIT Staff

Causes of Saints•Local Church

This is the new bronze statue of Saint Carlo Acutis unveiled in Assisi

Acutis was canonized by Pope Leo XIV in a ceremony held in St. Peter’s Square. Within the Sanctuary of the Spogliation are now two statues: one honoring St. Francis, and another dedicated to Acutis, who is buried precisely in this place.

Sep 15, 2025 17:23

ZENIT Staff

Causes of Saints•Ecumenism•Jubilee 2025•Pope Leo XIV

Blood That Unites: Pope Leo XIV to Lead Ecumenical Memorial for Modern Christian Martyrs

The initiative comes from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints and its Commission for New Martyrs–Witnesses of the Faith, a body established by Pope Francis in 2023 to document and preserve the memory of contemporary martyrs

Sep 10, 2025 17:41

ZENIT Staff

Causes of Saints•Pope Leo XIV•Young People

Pope Leo at the canonization of Acutis and Frassati: an invitation not to waste life and to look upward

Homily of Pope Leo XIV at the Mass of Canonization of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati

Sep 07, 2025 19:47

ZENIT Staff

Causes of Saints•Local Church

Emotion in Assisi: Carlo Acutis sculpture unveiled in the garden near his tomb

St. Carlo at the Cross, a work by sculptor Timothy Schmalz—widely known as Pope Francis’ sculptor—was installed in the garden of the Sanctuary of the Renunciation, just days before the canonization of the millennial saint.

Aug 27, 2025 17:17

ZENIT Staff

An American Pope, a Constitutional Honor: Leo XIV to Receive Historic Liberty Medal

The award recognizes Leo XIV’s longstanding advocacy of religious liberty, freedom of conscience, and freedom of expression, principles that occupy a central place in American constitutional tradition through the First Amendment

3 Conditions for Following Jesus and Being Witnesses to His Kingdom, According to Leo XIV

Address on the Occasion of the Angelus Prayer on Sunday, June 28, 2026

Who is behind the promotion of Benedict XVI’s canonization and his declaration as a Doctor of the Church?

Mother, Social Activist, and Harvard Graduate: The Path to Sainthood: The Case of a Former Abortion Advocate

Mystical Phenomena and Holiness Explained by Pope Leo XIV

Eleven Priests Martyred by Communism and Nazism To Be Beatified Following Authorization by Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV to publish new document on Catholic education and declare Newman co-patron of Catholic education

Bartolo Longo, A Former Satanic Priest Who Became A Saint, Is Canonized by Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV Announces Date on Which He Will Make John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church

Pedro Arrupe’s Legacy Confronts a New Test Amid Jesuit Abuse Lawsuit

This is the new bronze statue of Saint Carlo Acutis unveiled in Assisi

Blood That Unites: Pope Leo XIV to Lead Ecumenical Memorial for Modern Christian Martyrs

Pope Leo at the canonization of Acutis and Frassati: an invitation not to waste life and to look upward

Emotion in Assisi: Carlo Acutis sculpture unveiled in the garden near his tomb