How are Jesus’ death and resurrection the foundation of a spirituality of integral ecology? Pope Leo answers

Nov 19, 2025 16:59

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV presided over the traditional Wednesday general audience Photo: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV: a desire, a conviction, and a pastoral perspective on the Bible

Address of the Pope to the Steering Committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation (CBF)

Nov 18, 2025 09:32

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Germany: Initiative to name street after Benedict XVI meets with opposition

Yet the proposal has ignited objections from survivor advocacy groups who argue that public spaces should not memorialize figures whose legacies, they say, are inseparable from the systemic mishandling of abuse cases within the Catholic Church

Nov 17, 2025 17:44

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Woman

Vatican to announce decision on female deacons soon, according to revelations

Two separate study bodies are now working in parallel. One is tasked with evaluating how women participate in the life, mission, and governance of the Church writ large. The other, more narrowly focused, is examining the historical, theological, and pastoral dimensions of a possible female diaconate

Nov 17, 2025 17:41

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Vatican City

Vatican publishes interim reports on controversial issues arising from the previous synod on synodality

The documents presented here – prepared between the summer and autumn of 2025 – reflect the current progress of the work, highlighting both the synodal method that animates them and the concrete steps taken to put it into practice

Nov 17, 2025 17:37

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

This is what the study says, which shows a growing wave of anti-Christian persecution in Europe

The Vienna-based observatory has documented 2,211 anti-Christian hate crimes committed in 2024, a figure assembled by triangulating police data, OSCE/ODIHR reports, and its own independent research to avoid duplications

Nov 17, 2025 17:36

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Leo XIV Receives Nobel Prize Laureate Maria Corina Machado: This Is What the Venezuelan Leader Asked Him

Maria Corina Machado also expressed to the Pope the importance of the civic demonstration carried out by Venezuelans on July 28, 2024, which reaffirmed the legitimacy of President Edmundo González Urrutia.

Leo XIV begins 2026 with a new papal staff: here is the meaning… and the photos

In a Church often scrutinized for its symbols, Leo XIV’s choice is neither ornamental nor nostalgic. It is a visual theology, compressed into metal and form, reminding both shepherd and faithful that the path forward passes through the wounds of history—but does not end there

How are Jesus’ death and resurrection the foundation of a spirituality of integral ecology? Pope Leo answers

A group linked to Israel is behind a charter plane taking Palestinians to South Africa

1 Catholic priest and 25 secondary school girls kidnapped in Nigeria

The Tallest Image of Our Lady of Fatima Was Inaugurated in Brazil’s Most Catholic City.

Pope Leo XIV Asks Religious Superiors to Rotate in Positions of Authority

How to prevent all forms of abuse and how to be accountable: Pope Leo XIV puts dignity as the starting point

This was Pope Leo XIV’s important call for liturgical formation

Pope Leo XIV: a desire, a conviction, and a pastoral perspective on the Bible

Germany: Initiative to name street after Benedict XVI meets with opposition

Vatican to announce decision on female deacons soon, according to revelations

Vatican publishes interim reports on controversial issues arising from the previous synod on synodality

This is what the study says, which shows a growing wave of anti-Christian persecution in Europe