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

Oct 22, 2025 22:01

Valentina di Giorgio

Archbishop Filippo Iannone will remain at the helm of the specialized working group Photo: OSV

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

Vatican City

After second sacrilegious desecration of Vatican basilica altar, cardinal performs ritual to ask God for forgiveness

According to canon law, when a sacred space is gravely violated, public worship must cease until a ritual of purification has been performed. In this case, the rite took on particular resonance

Oct 14, 2025 17:17

Valentina di Giorgio

Islam•Vatican City

A Prayer Room in the Pope’s Library: Vatican’s Gesture Toward Muslim Scholars Sparks Quiet Storm

For some, the move reflects an admirable spirit of dialogue and respect for those who come from afar to study ancient manuscripts. For others, it represents a troubling confusion of mission and identity

Oct 10, 2025 13:09

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

Persecuted Christians•Rome

Rome to host official launch of Religious Freedom Report 2025

The programme will include the participation of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, who will deliver the inaugural address. Victims of religious persecution will also give first-hand testimonies, including two women who spent years on death row for their faith.

Oct 08, 2025 11:11

ZENIT Staff

Under the agreement with China, Leo XIV appoints a new bishop

Chang Yanfeng, 42, was ordained bishop today under the Sino-Holy See agreement to a diocese that has been without its own pastor for 20 years. Just three weeks ago, the new prelate had to publicly commit the local Church to a controversial law designed to eliminate minorities.

Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of inspiration and sanctification

Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Orders in the United States

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

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The Vatican presents its second report on combating abuse, and this is what it says

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

After second sacrilegious desecration of Vatican basilica altar, cardinal performs ritual to ask God for forgiveness

A Prayer Room in the Pope’s Library: Vatican’s Gesture Toward Muslim Scholars Sparks Quiet Storm

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

Rome to host official launch of Religious Freedom Report 2025