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

Religious Freedom

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

WJC President Ronald S. Lauder praised the Pope’s message, calling it “an extraordinarily positive and deeply meaningful gesture.”

Oct 29, 2025 15:46

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

USA: Archbishop Broglio Urges Funding of Lifesaving Programs and an End to Federal Government Shutdown

Archbishop Broglio cited the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a government program that aids needy families, as an example of an impacted program

Oct 29, 2025 15:44

ZENIT Staff

Gender Ideology•Justice and Peace•Woman

Australia: A Region of the Country Bans Biological Men Who Identify as Women from Prisons Designed for Women

The announcement came just days after Katie, a female inmate, was sexually assaulted by Krista Richards, her transgender cellmate, in a South Australian prison; Krista was pretending to be a woman, as reported by Thewing. The Northern Territory Minister commented: «If you’re born male, you go to a men’s prison. At the end of the day, it’s really about the safety of women. This is about women’s dignity.»

Oct 29, 2025 15:40

Rafael Llanes

Pope Leo XIV

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

Address by Pope Leo XIV at the Colosseum in Rome during the International Peace Meeting

Oct 28, 2025 20:20

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Religious Freedom

Against religious freedom: Venezuelan government attacks cardinal after country’s first saints are canonized

On October 25, Cardinal Baltazar Porras, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas and one of the most prominent voices in the Venezuelan Church, reported that government interference and military obstruction prevented him from reaching Isnotú, the birthplace of Saint José Gregorio Hernández

Oct 28, 2025 20:17

ZENIT Staff

Vogue praises the Pope’s “elegance” and places him on its annual list of best-dressed people

Vogue singled out the pope’s first public appearance after his election as the defining image of his papacy’s visual identity. Standing on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Leo XIV wore a red satin mozzetta and a wine-colored stole embroidered in gold, completed by a pectoral cross suspended from a golden silk cord

This is how the Pope explains how we are called to unite our waiting for the Savior with attention to what God is doing in the world

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, December 14, 2025

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

This is what World Youth Day Korea 2027 will look like, according to a presentation made to the press in Seoul

Research shows that German Catholics have a stronger attachment to the Church than Protestants

Israeli ambassador to Vatican acknowledges role of popes in ending war

Leo XIV reveals what the Church’s relationship with other religions will be like during his pontificate

United States to Exhibit Largest Collection of Vatican Treasures Outside Europe

Oregon social worker appeals order forcing him to remove children’s books from desk

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

USA: Archbishop Broglio Urges Funding of Lifesaving Programs and an End to Federal Government Shutdown

Australia: A Region of the Country Bans Biological Men Who Identify as Women from Prisons Designed for Women

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

Against religious freedom: Venezuelan government attacks cardinal after country’s first saints are canonized