Vatican contradicts German bishops: text for blessing same-sex couples was not approved

Oct 10, 2025 13:05

Joachin Meisner Hertz

The DBK later claimed to have revised the document “in consultation” with Rome Photo: AFP

Gender Ideology•Justice and Peace

When Conversion Therapy Meets the First Amendment: A Landmark Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court

At the center of the controversy stands Kaley Chiles, a licensed therapist from Colorado and a devout Christian. Chiles insists that she does not practice conversion therapy—a term widely condemned by major medical associations—but rather offers what she calls “faith-based conversations” with young people who voluntarily seek to address unwanted attractions or explore their gender identity in line with their personal beliefs

Oct 09, 2025 11:15

Tim Daniels

Analysis Opinion•Pope Leo XIV

On the Exhortation Dilexi te: when Peter reminds us that the poor are at the heart of the Gospel

In his first Apostolic Exhortation, “Dilexi te” Pope Leo XIV sets out the foundations of Christian Revelation and of the tradition of the Church.

Oct 09, 2025 11:11

ZENIT Staff

General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

What do humility, wounds, and the Resurrection have in common? Pope Leo XIV explains it this way

Pope’s general audience, October 8, 2025, on an aspect of the resurrection of Jesus Christ: humility

Oct 08, 2025 13:45

ZENIT Staff

Ecumenism

First Divisions Appear in the Anglican Church After Appointment of First Woman as Leader

The appointment of Sarah Mullally has sparked great debate and division. Aged 63, married with two children, her election culminates a ten-year process that introduced female ordination into the Anglican Church, first with the priesthood (1992) and then with the episcopate (2014).

Oct 08, 2025 11:47

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

After Announcement of Exhibition of Remains of St. Francis, in Four Days More Than 30 Thousand Have Registered

Friar Giulio Cesareo: It is «demonstration of the people’s love for St. Francis. May it teach us to live more authentic and generous relationships.»

Oct 08, 2025 11:26

ZENIT Staff

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Vatican contradicts German bishops: text for blessing same-sex couples was not approved

Papal Exhortation «Dilexi Te»: The Poor, the Essence of Our Faith

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When Conversion Therapy Meets the First Amendment: A Landmark Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court

On the Exhortation Dilexi te: when Peter reminds us that the poor are at the heart of the Gospel

What do humility, wounds, and the Resurrection have in common? Pope Leo XIV explains it this way

First Divisions Appear in the Anglican Church After Appointment of First Woman as Leader

After Announcement of Exhibition of Remains of St. Francis, in Four Days More Than 30 Thousand Have Registered