USA: Maine Supreme Court Rules Dad Can Forbid Mom From Taking Teen Christian to Church

Sep 05, 2026 20:50

ZENIT Staff

Emily Bickford is represented by Liberty Counsel

Dicasteries

A New Sin: Ecological Sin. Vatican Office Publishes Document Addressing Sins Against Creation

The document, Caring for Our Common Home: A Responsible and Fraternal Response to the Triune God, runs to more than 29,000 words and was developed by a subcommission that worked between 2022 and 2025. Its central argument is clear: the ecological crisis is ultimately inseparable from the crisis of the human person.

Sep 02, 2026 22:01

ZENIT Staff

Religious Freedom

India: Bill Against Religious Conversions in Goa Withdrawn

Following objections from some MPs, the head of the local government has decided to withdraw the controversial bill from the Legislative Assembly’s agenda; like in other Indian states, the bill targeted “unlawful religious conversions”. Catholic leaders and representatives of other minority groups had expressed concern.

Sep 02, 2026 19:53

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Doxology at the Nunc Dimittis

The proposed conference would be unusually powerful in appearance. Its planned membership consists of Germany’s 27 diocesan bishops, 27 representatives of the Central Committee of German Catholics and another 27 elected Catholics. All 81 members would have equal voting rights.

Sep 02, 2026 19:42

Fr. Edward McNamara

Analysis Opinion

The Inability to Guard the Center and the Margins: The Lindsay Clancy Case and Our Geometries

Guarding what deserves to occupy the central place, and leaving the rest to the margins, is the first step in upholding these geometries. Starting with the broken lives of three innocent children.

Sep 02, 2026 08:51

Simone Varisco

Local Church

The Vatican’s silence marks a setback for the progressive German Church: the Synodal Conference will not go ahead

Sep 01, 2026 08:55

ZENIT Staff

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Pope Leo XIV will not participate in the anniversary of St. John Paul II’s historic World Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi

The Vatican’s decision does not suggest a setback in his recovery: reflects the prudence required after major surgery, even when clinical results are encouraging. The Pope had been expected to attend the gathering entitled “Disarmed and Disarming Peace,” which will bring together Christian leaders, representatives of other religious traditions and invited guests in the Umbrian town.

Pope Leo XIV to Jews at the Vatican: The Church does not tolerate anti-Semitism and combats it, in accordance with the Gospel itself

The Pope’s Remarks to a Delegation from the American Jewish Committee

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USA: Maine Supreme Court Rules Dad Can Forbid Mom From Taking Teen Christian to Church

Opus Dei Responds to Bishop Regarding the Torreciudad Case: We Did Not Steal the Virgin Mary

How Beijing Turned Uyghur Childhood Into a State Project

Mel Gibson’s Return to Christ (and great cinema): Why the Resurrection Became a 20-Year Journey. Response in an interesting interview

Cardinal Zen will appeal to Hong Kong’s highest court against measures taken by the Chinese Communist government

Paris: Christ’s Passion Tunic to Be Displayed During Pope Leo XIV’s Visit

How does the Church serve and listen to the world? Leo XIV answers by explaining a constitution of the Second Vatican Council

A New Sin: Ecological Sin. Vatican Office Publishes Document Addressing Sins Against Creation

India: Bill Against Religious Conversions in Goa Withdrawn

Questions about liturgy: Doxology at the Nunc Dimittis

The Inability to Guard the Center and the Margins: The Lindsay Clancy Case and Our Geometries

The Vatican’s silence marks a setback for the progressive German Church: the Synodal Conference will not go ahead