Between acceptance and rejection: Vatican approves new statutes for Communion and Liberation

Nov 13, 2025 18:25

ZENIT Staff

Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life

Dicasteries•Vatican City

Journalist slanders Cardinal Becciu and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints: Vatican court finds him guilty

The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, which supervises the Church’s complex processes of beatification and canonization, reacted swiftly to the judgment, describing it as a “necessary act of justice.”

Oct 31, 2025 18:08

Valentina di Giorgio

Causes of Saints•Dicasteries•Pope Leo XIV

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

One of the most symbolic gestures accompanying this new phase is the Pope’s decision to name Saint John Henry Newman as co-patron of Catholic education, alongside Saint Thomas Aquinas

Oct 24, 2025 12:15

Valentina di Giorgio

Dicasteries•Protection of vulnerable people

Vatican Task Force Moves Forward on Defining “Spiritual Abuse” in Canon Law as Leadership Confirmed

In a communiqué dated October 14, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the DDF, reported that the group “has been working fruitfully” and requested that Iannone be confirmed as its leader “in order to maintain the consistency and momentum of the effort.”

Oct 22, 2025 22:01

Valentina di Giorgio

Dicasteries•Protection of vulnerable people

Rupnik case: proceedings move forward with the Vatican appointing five judges

The tribunal’s composition suggests a deliberate attempt to move beyond the closed clerical circles often accused of shielding perpetrators. All five judges are Europeans, which may facilitate logistical coordination but also invites scrutiny of whether cultural proximity could shape the tribunal’s approach.

Oct 14, 2025 17:20

Valentina di Giorgio

Dicasteries•Homosexuality•Local Church

Vatican contradicts German bishops: text for blessing same-sex couples was not approved

Bishop Georg Bätzing, head of the DBK, has repeatedly defended the initiative. At the September assembly, he told journalists the document had been produced “in transparent consultation with the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith” (DDF), portraying it as a contextual application of the Vatican’s 2023 declaration Fiducia supplicans

Oct 10, 2025 13:05

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Here’s How the Meeting Between the Pope and 7 Abuse Victims in Lourdes Unfolded (As Told by the Victims Themselves)

After the Lourdes meeting, five participants spoke to journalists. Olivier Mardi, cofounder of the advocacy group Voix Libérées de Touraine, said the Pope had listened attentively and was aware that the danger of abuse had not disappeared. “He is no fool,” Mardi said

What do attitudes such as revenge, retaliation, and rejection bring about—in the world and within us? Leo XIV answers this question during his final Mass in France

Homily by the Holy Father at Mass in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Metz

Between acceptance and rejection: Vatican approves new statutes for Communion and Liberation

Mystical Phenomena and Holiness Explained by Pope Leo XIV

Vatican ends decades of speculation: alleged apparitions of Jesus in Dozulé declared “not of supernatural origin”

German bishops hold meeting with representatives of the Pope to discuss the “Synodal Conference” and other ideological issues

Pope Leo XIV creates the position of deputy manager of the Prefecture of the Papal Household for an African Augustinian

Vatican announces doctrinal document on monogamy: here’s what we know

Mary Co-redemptrix? This is what the most comprehensive Vatican reflection on Marian terminology since the Second Vatican Council says

Journalist slanders Cardinal Becciu and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints: Vatican court finds him guilty

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

Vatican Task Force Moves Forward on Defining “Spiritual Abuse” in Canon Law as Leadership Confirmed

Rupnik case: proceedings move forward with the Vatican appointing five judges

Vatican contradicts German bishops: text for blessing same-sex couples was not approved