U.S. Grants $240 Million to Catholic Humanitarian Aid Organization: The Government’s Trust in the Catholic Church

Jun 10, 2026 12:25

The United States government has awarded more than $240 million in emergency humanitarian funding to Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Photo: U.S. Embassy to the Holy See (Vatican)

Pope Leo XIV•Protection of vulnerable people

Pope Leo XIV Meets with Victims of Abuse in Spain

During the conversation, which lasted almost an hour, each of those present, drawing on their own painful personal experiences, offered the Pope proposals for a more effective Church response to these tragic cases.

Jun 08, 2026 17:04

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

The Basilica of the Sagrada Familia and the Influence of Dom Guéranger, Founder of Solesmes, on Gaudí

The impact on the architect was definitive. Gaudí was not content with a superficial or sentimental faith; he devoured those texts. Today, as Father Francesc Xavier affirms, no one denies that the Sagrada Familia is directly inspired by the work of Prosper Guéranger: the influence is so profound that the Sagrada Familia is, spiritually, a child of Dom Guéranger.

Jun 08, 2026 16:56

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

The Patriarch of Moscow has transferred Hilarion, a prominent Russian cleric, to Brazil after drugs were found in his car

Once regarded as one of the most influential voices in the Russian Orthodox Church and widely viewed as a possible successor to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the 59-year-old prelate now finds himself transferred to two small parishes in southern Brazil amid a growing cloud of scandals and an ongoing criminal investigation.

Jun 08, 2026 09:40

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Local Church

U.S.: Department of Defense reduces the number of recognized religious denominations. Catholics remain on the list

What has generated controversy is not who remains on the list, but who has disappeared from it. A wide range of smaller religious and philosophical communities—including atheists, humanists, Unitarians, deists, Wiccans, Druids, followers of Asatru, spiritualists, and various New Age movements—are no longer individually identified.

Jun 08, 2026 09:30

Tim Daniels

Pope Leo XIV

Nicodemus and the Path of Life: Leo XIV’s Existential Reflection in Barcelona

The Pope’s Remarks at the Conclusion of the Prayer Vigil at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona

Jun 08, 2026 09:17

ZENIT Staff

Under the agreement with China, Leo XIV appoints a new bishop

Chang Yanfeng, 42, was ordained bishop today under the Sino-Holy See agreement to a diocese that has been without its own pastor for 20 years. Just three weeks ago, the new prelate had to publicly commit the local Church to a controversial law designed to eliminate minorities.

Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of inspiration and sanctification

Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Orders in the United States

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U.S. Grants $240 Million to Catholic Humanitarian Aid Organization: The Government’s Trust in the Catholic Church

Major Canadian newspaper acknowledges the falsehood of the allegations regarding mass graves of infants that were leveled against the Catholic Church and led to the burning of churches across the country

Benedictines Launch Website to Mark Their 1,500th Anniversary

Bishop who spoke out against Islamist violence in Mozambique is murdered

Spain’s Socialist-Communist government begins work to redesign the Valley of the Fallen amid the Pope’s visit to the country

Neither spiritualizing pain nor downplaying suffering: Pope Leo XIV’s powerful response on depression and mental health to a woman who attempted suicide

Do you need to forgive? Leo XIV’s response to a heartbreaking story of crime, drugs, and neglect that moved Spain

Pope Leo XIV Meets with Victims of Abuse in Spain

The Basilica of the Sagrada Familia and the Influence of Dom Guéranger, Founder of Solesmes, on Gaudí

The Patriarch of Moscow has transferred Hilarion, a prominent Russian cleric, to Brazil after drugs were found in his car

U.S.: Department of Defense reduces the number of recognized religious denominations. Catholics remain on the list

Nicodemus and the Path of Life: Leo XIV’s Existential Reflection in Barcelona