From Vatican Radio to Renewable Energy: Leo XIV Advances an Ambitious Plan for an Energy-Independent Vatican

Jun 03, 2026 10:28

The foundation will be headquartered within Vatican City but will operate primarily in the extraterritorial area of Santa Maria di Galeria, northwest of Rome. Photo: Vatican Media

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

German government recognizes the Catholic Church as a model in the fight against child sexual abuse

One of her strongest observations concerns the local level, where child protection often succeeds or fails. She suggested that some Catholic communities have developed prevention mechanisms that, in practice, exceed standards found in municipal structures

May 25, 2026 17:10

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Documents•Vatican City

Artificial Intelligence and the Catholic Church: 3 Questions for Discernment in a Speech by the Co-founder of Anthropic to Pope Leo XIV

Full text in Spanish of the speech by Christopher Olah, co-founder of the AI company Anthropic, to Pope Leo XIV on the encyclical Magnificas Humanitas

May 25, 2026 10:04

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries

The Vatican publishes guidelines for the implementation of the Synod on Synodality, with a view to 2028

Four stages — Recollecting, Interpreting, Orienting, Celebrating — will accompany the local Churches, Episcopal Conferences, and continental groupings of Churches on the path leading to the Ecclesial Assembly to be held in the Vatican in October 2028. Two documents will be prepared at the conclusion of each assembly. A common question will guide the entire process.

May 23, 2026 10:14

ZENIT Staff

Controversies•Dicasteries

Vatican Publicly Warns: Lefebvrist Ordination of Bishops without Papal Mandate Implies Schism and Excommunication

According to a letter from St. John Paul II, the faithful who adhere to the schism also incur excommunication.

May 13, 2026 22:23

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Vatican City

The Vatican Bank releases its 2026 results: a 55.5% increase in profits compared to 2024

The robustness of the Tier 1 ratio, as well as the liquidity ratios, rank the Institute among the most solid financial institutions in the world in terms of capitalization and liquidity

May 11, 2026 17:36

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

From Vatican Radio to Renewable Energy: Leo XIV Advances an Ambitious Plan for an Energy-Independent Vatican

Mexican, a woman, a layperson, and former president of EWTN: this is the woman Pope Leo XIV chose as the first prefect of the Dicastery for Communication

“The Lord never abandons us”: the Pope’s reflection at the close of the month dedicated to the Virgin Mary

Pope Leo XIV authorizes the beatification of one of Lebanon’s founding fathers (and 80 Spanish martyrs)

Leo XIV authorizes a diocesan bishop to remove the superior of a monastery

Some Reflections on the Life of the Church, Looking Ahead to the Coming Years (by Pope Leo XIV)

U.S. Bishops’ Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection Releases Annual Report

German government recognizes the Catholic Church as a model in the fight against child sexual abuse

Artificial Intelligence and the Catholic Church: 3 Questions for Discernment in a Speech by the Co-founder of Anthropic to Pope Leo XIV

The Vatican publishes guidelines for the implementation of the Synod on Synodality, with a view to 2028

Vatican Publicly Warns: Lefebvrist Ordination of Bishops without Papal Mandate Implies Schism and Excommunication

The Vatican Bank releases its 2026 results: a 55.5% increase in profits compared to 2024