Cardinal Tagle to preside over the beatification of Fulton J. Sheen: here is the date and location

Mar 28, 2026 20:13

ZENIT Staff

Fulton Sheen -- Wikimedia Commons

Vatican City

These are the new euro coins in Vatican City: featuring Michelangelo and the Vacant See

The itinerary opens with the 2-euro Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) commemorative coin dedicated to the 550th anniversary of the birth of Michelangelo Buonarroti

Mar 19, 2026 09:42

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City•Woman

Vatican: the only country in the world without a gender pay gap

According to veteran journalist Gudrun Sailer, who has spent years working within the Vatican media system, the absence of a gender pay gap is not the result of a targeted equality policy but rather a structural feature of the Holy See’s administrative machinery

Mar 18, 2026 12:12

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

Poland’s Bishops Move to Rebuild Trust with Independent Abuse Commission

The design of the new commission also reflects an acute awareness of legal and ethical tensions. Victim care is identified as the primary priority, with explicit references to the need for respect, justice, and compassion—an acknowledgment of the risk of secondary victimization. At the same time, the framework insists on safeguarding privacy, protecting personal data, and upholding the presumption of innocence, a principle enshrined in Article 42(3) of the Polish Constitution

Mar 18, 2026 12:04

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Justice and Peace•Vatican City

Unexpected: Vatican court rules trial against Cardinal Becciu partially invalid and orders a retrial

Vatican Court Orders Partial Retrial in Financial Scandal, Citing Procedural Flaws

Mar 17, 2026 18:07

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

After repeated acts of desecration, this is how the main altar of the Vatican basilica is being secured

According to the basilica’s workshop, the newly installed barrier consists of mobile polycarbonate panels that can be dismantled when necessary. The choice of material and design is telling: resistant enough to deter intrusion, yet enough to preserve visual continuity

Mar 17, 2026 17:51

Valentina di Giorgio

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

Five years ago, Pope Francis publicly lamented what he described as criticism coming from a major Catholic television network (EWTN). Today, under a different pontificate, a senior executive from that same organization has been entrusted with directing the Vatican’s own communications apparatus.

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.

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Cardinal Tagle to preside over the beatification of Fulton J. Sheen: here is the date and location

Exorcisms, New Technologies, and Cults: A Step Toward Hell. Interview with a Leader of the World’s Exorcists

The International Marian Association reiterates its request for a response from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith regarding the Marian document

Pope Leo XIV continues to reshape the Roman Curia: Meet the new Australian prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts

After seven years, Rhode Island report finds a past it cannot prosecute and a present it cannot condemn

The King of Spain is invested with his title at the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

Pope Leo XIV summons bishops to Rome to discuss the reimplementation of the controversial Amoris Laetitia

These are the new euro coins in Vatican City: featuring Michelangelo and the Vacant See

Vatican: the only country in the world without a gender pay gap

Poland’s Bishops Move to Rebuild Trust with Independent Abuse Commission

Unexpected: Vatican court rules trial against Cardinal Becciu partially invalid and orders a retrial

After repeated acts of desecration, this is how the main altar of the Vatican basilica is being secured