A diplomatic storm denied: Vatican and Washington push back against claims of Pentagon pressure on the Holy See

Apr 10, 2026 16:05

Jorge Enrique Mújica

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Holy Land•Religious Freedom

Problem Resolved: Cardinal Patriarch of Jerusalem Meets and Reaches Agreement with Israeli Police for Remaining Holy Week Celebrations

The Police and Ecclesial Authorities have agreed that, due to the complex security situation, the remaining Holy Week and Easter ceremonies will be celebrated in a symbolic and limited manner.

Mar 30, 2026 17:50

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

“As King of Peace”: Leo XIV’s first homily (almost poetic and prayer-like) on Palm Sunday, delivered to a world at war

Homily by Pope Leo XIV on Palm Sunday 2026

Mar 29, 2026 21:31

ZENIT Staff

Ecumenism•Pope Leo XIV

This is what the letter that Pope Leo XIV sent to the first female leader of the Anglican Church on the day of her “enthronement” says

The Holy Father congratulates the new Archbishop of Canterbury, reaffirms the value of ecumenical dialogue between Catholics and Anglicans despite the difficulties, and asks God to guide her so that both Churches may continue to bear united witness to Christ before the world

Mar 27, 2026 10:18

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Dicasteries•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV continues to reshape the Roman Curia: Meet the new Australian prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts

The appointment, announced on March 25, fills a strategic vacancy at the heart of the Vatican’s juridical machinery. Randazzo, 59, succeeds Filippo Iannone, who was transferred in September 2025 to lead the Dicastery for Bishops, the body responsible for vetting episcopal appointments worldwide

Mar 26, 2026 19:00

ZENIT Staff

General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV defends the priesthood in the Church as a vocation reserved for men in a catechesis, following the Second Vatican Council

Pope’s General Audience, March 25, 2026, on the Church in its hierarchical structure

Mar 25, 2026 17:24

ZENIT Staff

Characteristics and elements of the governance of an ecclesial community: this is what the Pope told the leaders of ecclesial movements

The Pope’s Remarks to Participants in the Meeting with Leaders of Lay Associations, Ecclesial Movements, and New Communities

Pentecost: An Inspiration for the World of Diplomacy. What Leo XIV Told New Ambassadors to the Vatican

Address by the Pope on the occasion of the presentation of the credentials of the new ambassadors of Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Yemen, Rwanda, Namibia, Mauritius, Chad, and Sri Lanka

A diplomatic storm denied: Vatican and Washington push back against claims of Pentagon pressure on the Holy See

Ceasefire on the Brink: Pope Leo XIV, Global Powers and the Moral Battle Over War in the Middle East

The highest-ranking military bishop in the United States states that Trump’s war in Iran does not meet the criteria for a “just war”

Pope Leo XIV “responds” to Trump’s threat regarding Iran’s extinction: here is what he said

Two interpretations of the empty tomb, only one to choose: Pope Leo XIV’s reflection

What did Pope Leo XIV say in his first Easter Urbi et Orbi blessing? These were his thoughtful words

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)

Problem Resolved: Cardinal Patriarch of Jerusalem Meets and Reaches Agreement with Israeli Police for Remaining Holy Week Celebrations

“As King of Peace”: Leo XIV’s first homily (almost poetic and prayer-like) on Palm Sunday, delivered to a world at war

This is what the letter that Pope Leo XIV sent to the first female leader of the Anglican Church on the day of her “enthronement” says

Pope Leo XIV continues to reshape the Roman Curia: Meet the new Australian prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts

Pope Leo XIV defends the priesthood in the Church as a vocation reserved for men in a catechesis, following the Second Vatican Council