Vatican Announces Publication of Pope Leo XIV’s First Book

Aug 26, 2025 15:54

ZENIT Staff

"Let There Be Peace! Words to the Church and to the World"

Justice and Peace•Pope Leo XIV

Pope calls for day of fasting and prayer on August 22: this is what he said and this is why

The decision resonates with the Pope’s recent reflections in Castel Gandolfo, where he spoke candidly about the war in Ukraine. He expressed hope that an end to the crisis might be found, while cautioning that it will require both perseverance in diplomacy and constancy in prayer.

Aug 20, 2025 22:16

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV•Virgin Mary

Pope Leo XIV visits the Virgin Mary. Where, when, and how? This is how the encounter unfolded

Father Adam Dźwigoń, one of the Polish Resurrectionist priests entrusted with the sanctuary, recalled the atmosphere of the visit as one of quiet intensity. “We awaited him with serenity, even surprising ourselves,” he said, noting how the Pope had sought continuity with his predecessors

Aug 19, 2025 20:54

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV to bishops of the Amazon: no to the worship of nature

The remark has not gone unnoticed. In Rome, observers saw in it an implicit reference to the controversies of the 2019 Amazon Synod, when images of the Pachamama were introduced in Vatican events and provoked heated debate about the limits of inculturation

Aug 18, 2025 18:10

Enrique Villegas

Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV offers food to the poor in Castelgandolfo: he seats four of them at his own table

Homily of Pope Leo XIV at Mass on Sunday, August 17, 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Aug 17, 2025 23:08

Valentina di Giorgio

Vatican City

The Vatican Museums announce that Michelangelo’s Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel will be restored in 2026

For three months, scaffolding will cover the entire altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, supporting a dozen platforms where up to twelve specialists can work simultaneously

Aug 15, 2025 09:59

ZENIT Staff

Photo Gallery: Leo XIV Now Has An Official Mosaic to Enrich St. Paul’s Basilica, and This Is How He Reacted When It Was Shown to Him

Just over eight months after the election of Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican Mosaic Workshop has completed the mosaic portrait for the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, at the request of the Archpriest of the Basilica, Cardinal James Michael Harvey.

How Jesus Christ transforms man’s relationship with God, according to Pope Leo XIV

Pope’s general audience, January 14, 2026, on the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum on Divine Revelation

Vatican Announces Publication of Pope Leo XIV’s First Book

What Does Pope Leo XIV’s Letter to the President of Ukraine Say? Full Text

Why Does Jesus Say the Door of Salvation Is Narrow? Pope Leo XIV Responds

UNICEF spends hundreds of millions of dollars promoting sexually explicit content, according to research

What is human prosperity? Pope Leo XIV answers based on St. Augustine

PHOTO GALLERY: This is how the Lefebvrians’ pilgrimage to Rome went during the Holy Jubilee Year

Online masses are less effective than in-person masses, according to a study by Duke University

Pope calls for day of fasting and prayer on August 22: this is what he said and this is why

Pope Leo XIV visits the Virgin Mary. Where, when, and how? This is how the encounter unfolded

Pope Leo XIV to bishops of the Amazon: no to the worship of nature

Pope Leo XIV offers food to the poor in Castelgandolfo: he seats four of them at his own table

The Vatican Museums announce that Michelangelo’s Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel will be restored in 2026