When Rome Says “You Are Big Enough”: Accra’s Archbishop Calls for Self-Reliance

Jan 13, 2026 19:01

ZENIT Staff

Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie Photo: Screenshot Youtube

Causes of Saints•Local Church

From Boardroom to Beatification: How an Argentine Businessman Is Redefining Holiness

The date and place of Shaw’s beatification are expected to be announced shortly. When that moment arrives, it will mark not just the recognition of a miracle, but the elevation of a vision

Dec 21, 2025 16:54

Enrique Villegas

Rome

Benedict XVI’s former secretary in Rome: reconciliation with Francis, traditional Mass, and canonization of Joseph Ratzinger

At the same time, Gänswein has remained a prominent voice in debates over the liturgy. In a recent interview with German Catholic television, he urged Pope Leo XIV to reconsider the restrictions imposed on the Traditional Latin Mass and to return to the framework established by Benedict XVI in Summorum Pontificum

Dec 17, 2025 11:21

Valentina di Giorgio

Protection of vulnerable people

First woman to lead Anglican church could resign before taking office over mishandling of abuse cases

Taken together, the cases in England and North America point to a troubling continuity across Anglican structures that differ theologically and culturally but appear similarly vulnerable to failures of accountability

Dec 16, 2025 11:25

Elizabeth Owens

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Rome

Rome and the Church in the United States

The canard about the bishops’ alleged disunity and fractiousness is typically accompanied by other fairy tales

Dec 11, 2025 17:45

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Virgin Mary

In defense of the Virgin Mary? International Marian Association against document by Cardinal Fernández and Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

At the center of the dispute is Mater Populi Fidelis, the note released by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) in early November under the signature of Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández

Dec 09, 2025 18:00

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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When Rome Says “You Are Big Enough”: Accra’s Archbishop Calls for Self-Reliance

A Coin No Longer Suffices: Rome Puts a Price on Getting Close to the Trevi Fountain

The Ten Countries That Contributed the Most Pilgrims to the Jubilee and Other Surprising Interesting Data

Vatican City Launches Institutional App

The New (and free) John Paul II House Museum Opens in Rome

A simple, concrete, and timely meditation on work based on the nativity scene created by Leo XIV

A new “labor law” for the Vatican: this is what Pope Leo XIV approved

From Boardroom to Beatification: How an Argentine Businessman Is Redefining Holiness

Benedict XVI’s former secretary in Rome: reconciliation with Francis, traditional Mass, and canonization of Joseph Ratzinger

First woman to lead Anglican church could resign before taking office over mishandling of abuse cases

Rome and the Church in the United States

In defense of the Virgin Mary? International Marian Association against document by Cardinal Fernández and Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith