USA: Pro-abortion politician declines Cardinal Cupich award: Pope Leo intervenes and Archbishop of Chicago issues this statement

Oct 01, 2025 10:40

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV was asked about this issue upon his return from Castel Gandolfo to the Vatican Photo: Vatican Media

Local Church•Pro Life

Grandmother arrested for praying outside a clinic where babies are killed and carrying a sign

Christian grandmother arrested a second time; criminally charged for holding a sign reading “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want” within 200m of a hospital. Rose Docherty, aged 75, left without chair for two hours in a police cell – despite having two hip replacements

Sep 29, 2025 17:19

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians

Christian leaders in the Holy Land condemn Israeli local government threat to confiscate Armenian church property

We further join the Armenian Patriarchate in calling upon the offices of the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister to intervene by urging the competent authorities to suspend the current legal proceedings and to ensure that any further deliberations on this matter are referred to the appropriate venues

Sep 29, 2025 11:52

ZENIT Staff

Vatican Diplomacy

Statement by Archbishop Gallagher at UN Security Council Debate on AI and International Peace and Security

The Head of Delegation highlighted both the promise and the risks of AI, noting its potential to advance peace, development, and human rights, while warning of its misuse in military applications, particularly lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS).

Sep 29, 2025 11:49

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church

Cardinal Cupich Divides the U.S. Episcopate by Persisting in Awarding a Pro-Abortionist Democratic Senator

The Archdiocese will organize the tribute presided over by Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago and member of the Dicastery for Bishops in Rome. The ceremony recognizing Senator Durbin will take place at Saint Ignatius College Prep.

Sep 29, 2025 06:41

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Local Church

The Towers of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Reopen to the Public

The exemplary cooperation between institutions, architects, and artisans gives the restoration all the majesty of the Cathedral’s western massif and recalls the historical page of art and faith that bears witness to the French devotion to the Virgin, Mother of Jesus Christ.

Sep 29, 2025 06:39

Rafael Llanes

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Grandmother arrested for praying outside a clinic where babies are killed and carrying a sign

Christian leaders in the Holy Land condemn Israeli local government threat to confiscate Armenian church property

Statement by Archbishop Gallagher at UN Security Council Debate on AI and International Peace and Security

Cardinal Cupich Divides the U.S. Episcopate by Persisting in Awarding a Pro-Abortionist Democratic Senator

The Towers of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Reopen to the Public