Courage, a Catholic-Orthodox ministry that supports gay people, has filed a complaint against the Vatican Synod for slander and defamation

May 11, 2026 17:10

Valentina di Giorgio

Courage International

Local Church

Bishop Lowe elected to second term as NZCBC president

Bishop Lowe said the New Zealand bishops work very collaboratively, which is a source of comfort for him as president.

May 09, 2026 10:28

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Local Church

Seventy Years of Speaking Hebrew and Living Catholic Unity: This is what the vicariate for Jewish converts to Catholicism in the Holy Land is like

On May 2, the vicariate celebrated the 70th anniversary of its foundation with a solemn liturgy at the Notre Dame Center in Jerusalem, presided over by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

May 09, 2026 10:24

ZENIT Staff

Good News

A “Christian Phone Network” Enters the Culture Wars: Can Faith-Based Filtering Redefine the Internet Experience?

What is new is the attempt to build an entire mobile ecosystem around explicitly religious moral criteria.

May 09, 2026 10:15

Tim Daniels

Cardinals and Bishops•Controversies•Dicasteries•Homosexuality

Will the Vatican sanction German bishops for blessing same-sex couples? The Pope’s Secretary of State responds

Speaking on May 7 on the sidelines of a book presentation in Rome, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, said it was “premature” to discuss sanctions against German bishops. At the same time, he carefully avoided excluding the possibility of future intervention

May 09, 2026 10:08

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Analysis Opinion•Pope Leo XIV

Following Trump’s attacks on the Pope: what the polls now reveal about support for one or the other

Americans Side With Leo XIV on Peace as Trump’s Attacks on the Pope Draw Broad Rejection, New Poll Finds

May 08, 2026 16:15

Jorge Enrique Mújica

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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Courage, a Catholic-Orthodox ministry that supports gay people, has filed a complaint against the Vatican Synod for slander and defamation

Questions about liturgy: Cloths on Altars

Which comes first: the commandments or love of God? Pope Leo XIV answers

Study Reveals Increase in Church Attendance (and Donations): The Surprising (and Encouraging) Findings You Should Know

This is what the religious landscape will look like in 2075: the Muslim population is growing, while Catholics remain the largest Christian group

Ten Popes and Ninety Years as a Religious Sister: This Is the World’s Longest-Living Nun

The decline of marriage in a specific country (New Zealand): a symptom of a global trend and the Vatican’s response

Bishop Lowe elected to second term as NZCBC president

Seventy Years of Speaking Hebrew and Living Catholic Unity: This is what the vicariate for Jewish converts to Catholicism in the Holy Land is like

A “Christian Phone Network” Enters the Culture Wars: Can Faith-Based Filtering Redefine the Internet Experience?

Will the Vatican sanction German bishops for blessing same-sex couples? The Pope’s Secretary of State responds

Following Trump’s attacks on the Pope: what the polls now reveal about support for one or the other