Europe Union Yanks Funding from Pro-Life Groups

Dec 20, 2025 16:04

ZENIT Staff

Photo: C-Fam

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church

Five years in El Salvador and disciple of Cardinal Cupich: this is the new archbishop of New York

For New York, the change closes a highly distinctive chapter and opens a quieter, but potentially transformative one. Hicks steps into a city defined by migration, diversity, and contradiction, where the Church’s credibility will depend less on rhetoric than on presence

Dec 18, 2025 11:14

Tim Daniels

Religious Freedom

Scottish Bishops statement on Withdrawal from Religious Education amendment

A spokesperson for Scotland’s Catholic Bishops said the Church is disappointed and confused with the Scottish Parliament Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee’s decision to agree an amendment that has the effect of separating Religious Education (RE) and Religious Observance (RO) in schools.

Dec 18, 2025 11:09

ZENIT Staff

General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

Why do we sometimes feel empty, even though we have done many things? Pope Leo XIV responds

Pope’s general audience, December 17, 2025, on how Jesus’ resurrection enlightens us and inspires us to do and act.

Dec 17, 2025 11:34

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

Pope Leo speaks with Israeli president and reiterates condemnation of anti-Semitism

The conversation with President Herzog did not remain limited to condemnation alone. Against the backdrop of ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the Pope urged perseverance in existing peace efforts, even as diplomatic processes grow fragile and public fatigue deepens

Dec 17, 2025 11:23

Enrique Villegas

Rome

Benedict XVI’s former secretary in Rome: reconciliation with Francis, traditional Mass, and canonization of Joseph Ratzinger

At the same time, Gänswein has remained a prominent voice in debates over the liturgy. In a recent interview with German Catholic television, he urged Pope Leo XIV to reconsider the restrictions imposed on the Traditional Latin Mass and to return to the framework established by Benedict XVI in Summorum Pontificum

Dec 17, 2025 11:21

Valentina di Giorgio

Pope Leo XIV Named Treccani’s Person of the Year: A Pontificate of Subtle Strength and Measured Influence

By exercising quiet leadership, prioritizing pastoral care, and resisting the pressures to adopt extremes, he has positioned the Catholic Church as a thoughtful actor in global discussions on justice, peace, and human dignity

Putin bombs Ukraine on Christmas Day and Pope Leo XIV responds with humanitarian aid: photos of what he sent

Even before Christmas Eve, Pope Leo XIV had authorized financial assistance to several countries through the Apostolic Almonry and the Vatican’s diplomatic network, the nunciatures

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Europe Union Yanks Funding from Pro-Life Groups

Europeans Run from Abortion Fight at UN

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Five years in El Salvador and disciple of Cardinal Cupich: this is the new archbishop of New York

Scottish Bishops statement on Withdrawal from Religious Education amendment

Why do we sometimes feel empty, even though we have done many things? Pope Leo XIV responds

Pope Leo speaks with Israeli president and reiterates condemnation of anti-Semitism

Benedict XVI’s former secretary in Rome: reconciliation with Francis, traditional Mass, and canonization of Joseph Ratzinger