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

Aug 21, 2025 17:00

Jorge Enrique Mújica

the study does not dismiss online worship

General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

A catechesis by Pope Leo XIV on betrayal

Pope’s general audience, August 13, 2025, on the betrayal of Jesus

Aug 13, 2025 17:17

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

Vatican Issues Overhaul of Procurement Rules to Strengthen Transparency and Efficiency

The balance between rigorous oversight and procedural simplicity has been a recurring theme in Vatican governance reforms since the apostolic constitution «Praedicate Evangelium» came into force in 2022

Aug 12, 2025 20:41

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Pope Francis

Pope Francis Denounced It, but the World Ignored Him: Global Spending on Nuclear Weapons Is Growing

Nine countries account for this spending: from historic powers like the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom, to others that do not hide their nuclear ambitions, such as India, Pakistan, and North Korea.

Aug 10, 2025 23:34

Rafael Llanes

Angelus•Pope Leo XIV

How we will invest the treasure that is our life? Pope Leo XIV responds with a brief reflection

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, August 10, 2025

Aug 10, 2025 23:26

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Church and scientists respond to superficial “study” claiming that the Shroud of Turin is not authentic

The International Center for Studies on the Shroud (CISS) has issued a technical rebuttal, stating that Moraes’s digital models “do not reflect real conditions” and “do not add anything new” to the body of knowledge

Aug 08, 2025 08:20

Valentina di Giorgio

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.

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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

Pope Leo XIV’s doctoral thesis to be published in October 2025

A catechesis by Pope Leo XIV on betrayal

Vatican Issues Overhaul of Procurement Rules to Strengthen Transparency and Efficiency

Pope Francis Denounced It, but the World Ignored Him: Global Spending on Nuclear Weapons Is Growing

How we will invest the treasure that is our life? Pope Leo XIV responds with a brief reflection

Church and scientists respond to superficial “study” claiming that the Shroud of Turin is not authentic