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

Mar 18, 2026 12:12

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

Pope Leo XIV•Rome•Vocations

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

The authorization, granted on March 7, clears the way for the ordination of eight future priests and seven permanent deacons who have completed the required stages of formation and examination under the diocesan commissions responsible for evaluating candidates for sacred orders

Mar 12, 2026 21:35

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Dicasteries

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 decision, announced March 12, also brings a major change for the outgoing almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski. After more than a decade directing the Pope’s charitable initiatives from Rome, the Polish cardinal has been appointed metropolitan archbishop of Łódź, returning to the diocese where he began his priestly formation

Mar 12, 2026 21:23

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Rome

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

The 62-year-old cardinal arrived in the Italian capital on March 8 after the embassy carried out a full evacuation operation amid the ongoing military confrontation triggered by the strikes launched on February 28 by the United States and Israel against Iranian targets

Mar 11, 2026 17:53

Valentina di Giorgio

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

What does it mean to be part of Christ’s table, the Eucharist? Leo XIV explains it

Pope’s General Audience, June 24, 2026, on the Eucharistic Mystery

The Importance of Books and Writing: A Reflection by Pope Leo XIV Before Bestselling Authors from Around the World Gathered at the Vatican

Address by the Holy Father to a group of writers on the occasion of the centennial of the Vatican Publishing House

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

“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