Marian spirituality explained by Leo XIV in the light of authentic Christian spirituality

Oct 12, 2025 13:44

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some 50,000 people participated in the Eucharistic celebration. Photo: Vatican Media

Local Church•Marriage and Family

The state of ecclesiastical marriage in a Catholic European country: Italy

The causes of this cultural shift are complex but unmistakable. Italy, long synonymous with Catholic identity, is becoming increasingly secular, especially in urban centers

Oct 11, 2025 13:23

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Ted Cruz Confronts Nigeria Over Christian Killings, Igniting Diplomatic Tensions

The U.S. State Department has also expressed concern over the Nigerian government’s response to such violence. Its 2024 human rights report noted that while Abuja occasionally investigates allegations of abuse, prosecutions and punishments “remain rare.”

Oct 10, 2025 13:11

Tim Daniels

Islam•Vatican City

A Prayer Room in the Pope’s Library: Vatican’s Gesture Toward Muslim Scholars Sparks Quiet Storm

For some, the move reflects an admirable spirit of dialogue and respect for those who come from afar to study ancient manuscripts. For others, it represents a troubling confusion of mission and identity

Oct 10, 2025 13:09

Valentina di Giorgio

Dicasteries•Homosexuality•Local Church

Vatican contradicts German bishops: text for blessing same-sex couples was not approved

Bishop Georg Bätzing, head of the DBK, has repeatedly defended the initiative. At the September assembly, he told journalists the document had been produced “in transparent consultation with the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith” (DDF), portraying it as a contextual application of the Vatican’s 2023 declaration Fiducia supplicans

Oct 10, 2025 13:05

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Pope Leo XIV

Papal Exhortation «Dilexi Te»: The Poor, the Essence of Our Faith

Summary of the First Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Leo XIV

Oct 10, 2025 08:13

ZENIT Staff

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1.5 million people attend Pope Leo XIV’s Mass in Lima; tickets available through Ticketmaster; and a “papacopter” in Peru

Beyond the vast crowds and the elaborate security arrangements, its significance may lie in something less measurable: the return of a pastor to a country that helped shape his life, at a moment when its people are looking for reasons to face the future with confidence.

Culture and Its Relationship to the Christian Faith: An Explanation by Pope Leo XIV

Pope’s General Audience, October 28, 2026, on Culture and Its Relationship to the Christian Faith

Marian spirituality explained by Leo XIV in the light of authentic Christian spirituality

Questions about liturgy: A Bishop’s Authority Over the Liturgy

The Pope’s poetic words at the Marian vigil of prayer in which the Church prayed for peace

Religious freedom explained by Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV and his “brief treatise” on journalism and communication

Trump administration to impose even more radical ban on funding for programs that promote abortion

Abortion reaches the UN Security Council once again

The state of ecclesiastical marriage in a Catholic European country: Italy

Ted Cruz Confronts Nigeria Over Christian Killings, Igniting Diplomatic Tensions

A Prayer Room in the Pope’s Library: Vatican’s Gesture Toward Muslim Scholars Sparks Quiet Storm

Vatican contradicts German bishops: text for blessing same-sex couples was not approved

Papal Exhortation «Dilexi Te»: The Poor, the Essence of Our Faith