The Pope’s first homily dedicated to the Virgin Mary on the Feast of the Assumption

Aug 15, 2025 16:13

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV presided over the Mass for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Photo: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV’s doctoral thesis to be published in October 2025

The dissertation situates the local prior not merely as an administrator but as a spiritual anchor for his community, with the Eucharistic liturgy at the heart of communal life. It emphasizes the common good of the Church, the value of consultation alongside hierarchical authority, and the mutual respect due to the varied gifts within the Body of Christ

Aug 14, 2025 18:16

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church

Jewish state of Israel expels Catholic priest from its territory “for reasons of national security”

According to an expulsion order reviewed by ZENIT, the decision was justified on unspecified grounds of “national security.” The document stated that the priest would be removed “as soon as possible” and, until then, held in a designated location

Aug 14, 2025 18:14

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

British police arrest Catholic priest for publicly supporting the Palestinian cause

The arrests came in the wake of the UK government’s June 2025 decision to proscribe the organisation under terrorism legislation, a move that has polarised public opinion and drawn criticism from across the religious spectrum.

Aug 14, 2025 18:12

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Local Church

The Association of Hebrew Catholics is born in the Holy Land: we tell you what it is and what it does

While the association will not establish parishes or administer sacraments — duties already handled by the Vicariate of St. James under the Latin Patriarchate — it intends to focus on cultural and spiritual formation

Aug 14, 2025 18:09

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Bishop of Santa Fe reinstated to the presbytery a man who left the priesthood and was married to another man

Archbishop’s Controversial Reinstatement of Formerly Partnered Priest Raises Questions in Santa Fe

Aug 14, 2025 18:07

ZENIT Staff

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.

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

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The Pope’s first homily dedicated to the Virgin Mary on the Feast of the Assumption

The 7th shrine dedicated to Mary, mother of persecuted Christians, will open in Iraq

Nicaraguan dictatorship attacks the Church once again and expropriates school owned by nuns

The Vatican Museums announce that Michelangelo’s Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel will be restored in 2026

Research reveals that 270 million human beings have died because of in vitro fertilization

Mob of Hindu extremists attack priests, nuns, and catechists in India

Islam kills: 32 people are murdered every day in Nigeria just for being Christians, according to new research

Pope Leo XIV’s doctoral thesis to be published in October 2025

Jewish state of Israel expels Catholic priest from its territory “for reasons of national security”

British police arrest Catholic priest for publicly supporting the Palestinian cause

The Association of Hebrew Catholics is born in the Holy Land: we tell you what it is and what it does

Bishop of Santa Fe reinstated to the presbytery a man who left the priesthood and was married to another man