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

Mar 17, 2026 17:51

Around the Altar of the Confession, directly beneath Baldachin of St. Peter's Basilica, low panels now form a protective perimeter. Photo: RRSS

Rome

From Artificial Intelligence to Ancient Rites: Rome’s International Exorcism Course Explores the Church’s Response to Modern Forms of Spiritual Confusion

The twentieth edition will devote particular attention to the role of lay collaborators involved in this ministry. In many dioceses around the world, qualified laypeople assist priests in listening to those seeking help and in accompanying them spiritually. Organizers say this reality requires proper formation, careful discernment and close collaboration with ecclesiastical authorities

Mar 07, 2026 22:49

Valentina di Giorgio

Dicasteries

“Quo Vadis, Humanitas?”: Vatican Theologians Confront AI, Transhumanism and the Future of the Human Person

“Quo vadis, humanitas?” does not provide technical blueprints for regulating AI or biotechnology. Instead, it reasserts an anthropological principle: the future of humanity will not be decided solely in laboratories, but in our capacity to inhabit present tensions without denying limits or forgetting transcendence

Mar 04, 2026 09:45

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Dicasteries•Pope Leo XIV•Pro Life

Leo XIV perfects the mission of the Pontifical Academy for Life

The 2026 update is narrower in scope. Its most visible innovation is the formal introduction of “collaborators” — a new category distinct from the academy’s academic members.

Mar 03, 2026 08:51

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

A Barracks for the 21st Century: How the Vatican Plans to Rebuild the Home of the Swiss Guard

The new barracks will stand as a rare example of contemporary architecture embedded within one of the world’s most historically dense environments

Feb 25, 2026 23:12

Valentina di Giorgio

Dicasteries

Lefebvrians opt for schism leading to excommunication and reject Vatican offer

Is unity primarily juridical, doctrinal, or pastoral—and can any of these be isolated from the others? By confirming the 1 July consecrations, the Society of St. Pius X signals that it sees no viable path to agreement under the current parameters. Whether this leads to a repetition of 1988 or to an unexpected last-minute intervention remains to be seen

Feb 21, 2026 11:33

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Before the Pope’s arrival: a survey reveals the popularity of Pope Leo XIV, as well as the expectations and topics of interest among those who will welcome him in Spain

The poll, commissioned by the organizers of the papal visit and conducted by GAD3 among registered participants and volunteers, provides a snapshot not of Spanish society as a whole, but of those who have already committed themselves to attending the events

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.

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

“The prevention of abuse is not an optional task”: Pope Leo XIV’s views on the protection of minors in the Church

Some reflections with you on the relationship between the administration of justice and the value of unity, according to Pope Leo XIV

The Global Alliance is launched: an international platform for research and action on integral ecology, spearheaded by the Catholic Church

Pope Leo XIV assumes his role as Bishop of Rome for the second time and will ordain new priests for his diocese

Another (important) change by Leo XIV in the Roman Curia: this is the Pope’s new almoner (and prefect of the Dicastery for Charity)

The only cardinal in Iran was evacuated from the country and transferred to Rome: here is what is known

From Artificial Intelligence to Ancient Rites: Rome’s International Exorcism Course Explores the Church’s Response to Modern Forms of Spiritual Confusion

“Quo Vadis, Humanitas?”: Vatican Theologians Confront AI, Transhumanism and the Future of the Human Person

Leo XIV perfects the mission of the Pontifical Academy for Life

A Barracks for the 21st Century: How the Vatican Plans to Rebuild the Home of the Swiss Guard

Lefebvrians opt for schism leading to excommunication and reject Vatican offer