Lefebvrists at the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Vatican: This Is How the Meeting Went Towards a Canonical Statute for the Fraternity

Feb 12, 2026 08:37

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, and the Superior General of the Fraternal Society of Saint Pius X (FSSPX), Father Davide Pagliarani

Dicasteries•Local Church

When Rome Says “You Are Big Enough”: Accra’s Archbishop Calls for Self-Reliance

His words capture a wider dilemma facing the Catholic Church in parts of Africa: how to reconcile growth, urban scale and economic indicators with fragile parish finances, shifting religious loyalties and ambitious social projects

Jan 13, 2026 19:01

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Virgin Mary

In defense of the Virgin Mary? International Marian Association against document by Cardinal Fernández and Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

At the center of the dispute is Mater Populi Fidelis, the note released by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) in early November under the signature of Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández

Dec 09, 2025 18:00

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Dicasteries•Pope Leo XIV

Second setback for the previous pontificate: Pope Leo repeals Pope Francis’ financial measure

As 2025 approaches its end, the Vatican’s financial system is undergoing one of its most significant recalibrations in years

Dec 05, 2025 09:41

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Woman

Vatican publishes conclusions of study on women and the diaconate: here’s what it says

What the report ultimately provides is not closure but a map: a chart of the questions that still divide scholars, bishops, and believers.

Dec 04, 2025 08:23

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Dicasteries•Vatican City

Vatican renounces exclusive use of Latin: new regulations allow proceedings in other languages

In a formulation that may sound modest but carries immense cultural weight, the new regulations state that curial institutions “shall ordinarily draw up their acts in Latin or in another language.”

Nov 28, 2025 22:33

Valentina di Giorgio

Trump takes another swipe at the Pope following the audience granted by Leo XIV to the mayor of Chicago

The controversy erupted after Johnson visited the Vatican on May 28 and met with the Pope. Photographs released afterward showed the Chicago-born pontiff and the mayor exchanging gifts.

Pope Leo XIV and the Prime Minister of Canada Place Human Dignity at the Center of the AI Revolution During a Phone Call

On May 29, the Pope and the Canadian leader spoke by telephone following the publication of Leo XIV’s new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas

Lefebvrists at the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Vatican: This Is How the Meeting Went Towards a Canonical Statute for the Fraternity

Pope Leo XIV intervenes in the Pontifical International Marian Academy: these are the new reforms

The Vatican, the Pope, and the situation of the Lefebvrians: an analysis based on the current state of affairs

From Oxford to the Catholic Liturgical Calendar: Vatican gives St. John Henry Newman a place in the Catholic Church’s daily prayer

Leo XIV to the Congregation for the Dicastery of the Faith: transmission of the faith, proclamation without protagonism or particularism, and justice, truth, and charity in accusations of abuse

The Catholic Church’s Mission Territories Continue to Grow: Here Is the Data

This is the controversial text (in English) on the liturgy that was given to the cardinals at the first consistory of Leo XIV

When Rome Says “You Are Big Enough”: Accra’s Archbishop Calls for Self-Reliance

In defense of the Virgin Mary? International Marian Association against document by Cardinal Fernández and Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Second setback for the previous pontificate: Pope Leo repeals Pope Francis’ financial measure

Vatican publishes conclusions of study on women and the diaconate: here’s what it says

Vatican renounces exclusive use of Latin: new regulations allow proceedings in other languages