Napa Legal Institute’s: New Report Finds Religious Freedom Waning Across Most U.S. States

Oct 30, 2025 20:09

Tim Daniels

The results suggest an uneven national landscape. Photo: Napa Legal

Ecumenism•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

[PHOTO GALLERY] This is how the first historic day of the King of England’s state visit to Pope Leo XIV unfolded

But it was not diplomacy that defined the day. It was worship. The centerpiece of the royal visit was an ecumenical prayer in the Sistine Chapel — conducted in Latin and English — that brought together the Church of Rome and the Church of England in a gesture of fraternity unseen since the Reformation.

Oct 23, 2025 18:30

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops

Is Cardinal Burke openly attacking Pope Leo? That’s what they want us to believe with Artificial Intelligence

The videos—produced using advanced AI tools capable of replicating voice and facial movements—show the cardinal apparently chastising Pope Leo XIV

Oct 23, 2025 11:58

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Protection of vulnerable people

Vatican Task Force Moves Forward on Defining “Spiritual Abuse” in Canon Law as Leadership Confirmed

In a communiqué dated October 14, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the DDF, reported that the group “has been working fruitfully” and requested that Iannone be confirmed as its leader “in order to maintain the consistency and momentum of the effort.”

Oct 22, 2025 22:01

Valentina di Giorgio

Pope Leo XIV•Protection of vulnerable people

New chapter in the protection of minors: Pope Leo XIV receives six victims of clerical abuse at the Vatican

Among those seated before the Pope were Gemma Hickey and Evelyn Korkmaz from Canada, Timothy Law from the United States, Matthias Katsch from Germany, Janet Aguti from Uganda, and Sergio Salinas from Argentina—six individuals from five continents, united by trauma but determined to transform it into justice

Oct 21, 2025 15:41

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

Vatican Unveils Bold Climate Plan to Become the World’s First Carbon-Neutral State

If the Vatican succeeds in achieving carbon neutrality, it will do more than power its lights with the sun. It will have illuminated a path for others—a reminder that in the global struggle against climate change, conviction may yet prove stronger than capacity.

Oct 21, 2025 12:22

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV Speaks Again About Trump and the War (and It Is Announced That the Pope Will Carry the Cross Throughout the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday)

Referring indirectly to geopolitical developments, including statements by Donald Trump about ending ongoing conflicts, Leo expressed cautious hope that political leaders might be seeking “a way out” of violence

Pope Leo XIV Reverses Another Decision of Pope Francis: World Children’s Day Cancelled in Rome

All initiatives aimed at children’s ministry may be celebrated, at the discretion of the Bishops, at the diocesan or parish level.

Napa Legal Institute’s: New Report Finds Religious Freedom Waning Across Most U.S. States

World Jewish Congress Welcomes Pope Leo XIV’s Strong Condemnation of Antisemitism

“Those who do not pray abuse religion, even to kill”: Pope Leo XIV at the Colosseum to religious leaders from around the world

Pope Leo XIV receives the leader of the Assyrian Church of the East and tells him what the challenge is for unity between the two churches

It is not by boasting of our merits that we are saved: the Gospel of the Pharisee and the tax collector briefly explained by Pope Leo XIV

Marriage and Family: The Challenges and Opportunities Presented by Pope Leo XIV to the John Paul II Theological Institute

Pope Leo XIV to publish new document on Catholic education and declare Newman co-patron of Catholic education

[PHOTO GALLERY] This is how the first historic day of the King of England’s state visit to Pope Leo XIV unfolded

Is Cardinal Burke openly attacking Pope Leo? That’s what they want us to believe with Artificial Intelligence

Vatican Task Force Moves Forward on Defining “Spiritual Abuse” in Canon Law as Leadership Confirmed

New chapter in the protection of minors: Pope Leo XIV receives six victims of clerical abuse at the Vatican

Vatican Unveils Bold Climate Plan to Become the World’s First Carbon-Neutral State