Listening and Fasting: Lent as a Time of Conversion. This is what Pope Leo XIV’s first message for Lent 2026 says

Feb 13, 2026 17:22

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV's first message for Lent was made public Photo: Vatican Media

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Pope Leo XIV Opens the Vatican Doors to the Only Orthodox Apostolate Accompanying Homosexual People to Live in Chastity

Members of Courage are men and women who experience same-sex attraction and who, inspired by the Gospel’s call to holiness and the Church’s beautiful teachings on the good and end of human sexuality, have freely chosen to live in chastity.

Feb 06, 2026 17:31

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV brings spiritual exercises back to the Apostolic Palace: they will be preached by a Norwegian monk (and bishop)

Pope Leo XIV Entrusts His First Lenten Retreat to Erik Varden

Feb 05, 2026 17:40

Valentina di Giorgio

General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

In what sense is the Bible the Word of God in human words? Pope Leo XIV responds

Pope’s general audience, February 4, 2026, on “Sacred Scripture: God’s Word in human words”

Feb 04, 2026 17:23

ZENIT Staff

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Pope Leo XIV is the most highly regarded global leader according to the world’s oldest public opinion poll

According to Gallup International’s End of Year (EOY) Survey, Pope Leo XIV stands apart as the only contemporary global leader with a net positive reputation worldwide—an extraordinary result in an era defined by polarization, war, and ideological fatigue

Feb 03, 2026 17:09

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Vatican City

Vatican Begins Restoration Work on Michelangelo’s Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel

The Sistine Chapel will remain open at all times, welcoming the faithful and visitors, while restorers from the Painting and Wood Restoration Laboratory of the Vatican Museums will carry out the cleaning operations.

Feb 02, 2026 19:13

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.

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Listening and Fasting: Lent as a Time of Conversion. This is what Pope Leo XIV’s first message for Lent 2026 says

Lefebvrists at the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Vatican: This Is How the Meeting Went Towards a Canonical Statute for the Fraternity

What is the relationship between the Word of God and the Church? Pope Leo XIV responds

Monaco will be the second destination for a trip by Pope Leo XIV at the end of March 2026: here is what is known

Leo XIV’s view of sport in a letter about the Winter Olympics

Vatican approves beatification of Fulton Sheen, the American bishop who won an Emmy

Peruvian government announces Pope’s trip; Vatican officially announces he will not visit the United States

Pope Leo XIV Opens the Vatican Doors to the Only Orthodox Apostolate Accompanying Homosexual People to Live in Chastity

Pope Leo XIV brings spiritual exercises back to the Apostolic Palace: they will be preached by a Norwegian monk (and bishop)

In what sense is the Bible the Word of God in human words? Pope Leo XIV responds

Pope Leo XIV is the most highly regarded global leader according to the world’s oldest public opinion poll

Vatican Begins Restoration Work on Michelangelo’s Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel