Vatican response: seeking to avoid further rupture after Lefebvrist announcement of episcopal consecrations

Feb 03, 2026 20:14

ZENIT Staff

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni Photo: Vatican Media

Cardinals and Bishops•Vatican City

With Leo XIV, “normality is slowly returning” to the Vatican… according to Benedict XVI’s private secretary

After meeting Pope Leo XIV twice in 2025, most recently in mid-December, the German prelate said he sensed a renewed calm taking hold. For him, the word that best captures the moment is “normality.”

Jan 26, 2026 22:22

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Rome•Virgin Mary

Photo Gallery: These Are the First Digital Collection Boxes (or Baskets) for Alms at One of the Pope’s Basilicas in Rome

With this initiative, the Basilica reaffirms its commitment to combining tradition and innovation, offering contemporary tools at the service of charity.

Jan 25, 2026 13:34

ZENIT Staff

Causes of Saints•Local Church

From Spain to Mexico: Cardinal Aguiar defends the Cause for Beatification of Queen Isabella the Catholic in Valladolid

For Aguiar, that decision embodied a deeper spiritual vision: the recognition that every human being is fundamentally a brother or sister. In his view, this principle places Isabella among the early political figures who articulated a proto-concept of universal human dignity, long before the modern language of human rights emerged.

Jan 25, 2026 13:00

Covadonga Asturias

Dicasteries•Local Church

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

Currently, there are 1,132 mission territories, which depend on the Dicastery for Evangelization of the Holy See, formerly the Propaganda Fide or Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Jan 23, 2026 18:13

ZENIT Staff

Rome

John L. Allen Jr. and the task of explaining the Vatican to the world: one of the most important Vaticanists passes away

He was remembered not as an activist or a polemicist, but as a craftsman of information: a journalist who believed that clarity is a form of service, and that understanding the Church requires patience, historical memory, and intellectual honesty

Jan 22, 2026 19:56

ZENIT Staff

A Pope’s Letter to a Newspaper: Leo XIV Reflects on 150 Years of Journalism in a Changing World

Another dimension Leo XIV emphasized was the human element of storytelling. Technology may accelerate the flow of information, he observed, but experience and judgment remain essential for interpreting events and giving them meaning

The Middle East, the spread of war, and the position of the Pope and the Catholic Church

As the Middle East faces the prospect of a broader regional war, the Vatican’s hope remains that diplomacy — not missiles — will ultimately shape the future of the region.

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Vatican response: seeking to avoid further rupture after Lefebvrist announcement of episcopal consecrations

Regnum Christi Consacrated Women Chart Their Future: Nancy Nohrden Re‑Elected as General Director and New Leadership Team Announced

Vatican Begins Restoration Work on Michelangelo’s Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel

A restaurant on the terrace of St. Peter’s Basilica? The Vatican Basilica clarifies the rumors

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

Federico Lombardi Leaves the Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Foundation; Roberto Regoli Takes His Place.

Vatican responds to survey reporting dissatisfaction among some employees: there is no widespread discontent

With Leo XIV, “normality is slowly returning” to the Vatican… according to Benedict XVI’s private secretary

Photo Gallery: These Are the First Digital Collection Boxes (or Baskets) for Alms at One of the Pope’s Basilicas in Rome

From Spain to Mexico: Cardinal Aguiar defends the Cause for Beatification of Queen Isabella the Catholic in Valladolid

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

John L. Allen Jr. and the task of explaining the Vatican to the world: one of the most important Vaticanists passes away