TIME dedicates its cover and a major report to Pope Leo XIV: From US Midwest Roots to the Chair of Peter

Jul 08, 2025 13:31

Tim Daniels

Time Magazine’s

Cardinals and Bishops•Protection of vulnerable people•Rome

Vatican Assembles Independent Tribunal to Try Former Jesuit Marko Rupnik

The announcement was made on July 3 by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. In statements to the press following a press conference at the Vatican during which the new Mass form “for the care of creation” was presented

Jul 06, 2025 23:41

Valentina di Giorgio

Local Church•Vocations

In view of the shortage of priests, diocese grants dispensation from Sunday Mass: where and under what circumstances?

The announcement, delivered in a pastoral letter read across parishes this past Sunday, June 22, acknowledges the growing reality that many Catholics are now unable to attend Sunday Mass through no fault of their own. Nuzik, who has led the Archdiocese of Olomouc since February 2024 and was elected president of the Czech Bishops’ Conference earlier this year, described the move as a “pastoral help”

Jul 06, 2025 23:36

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Media obsession with ‘wicked nuns’ upended by Irish report on Tuam mother and baby home

Some of the accounts depict miserable conditions that were both physically and emotionally chilly. Several eyewitnesses mention Sr Hortense, who ran the home for most of its existence – but inconveniently for the current narrative, they praise her. One eyewitness says: “Sister Hortense loved children and helped out with them”.

Jul 06, 2025 23:34

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

Crisis Deepens in Lima Archdiocese Amid Abuse Allegations and Accusations of Mismanagement Under Cardinal Castillo

A key flashpoint involves a contemplative nun who claims she was sexually manipulated by Fr. Nilton Zárate, a priest allegedly close to Cardinal Castillo. According to a 2024 sworn statement obtained by U.S.-based outlet The Pillar, the nun describes years of inappropriate spiritual direction that veered into manipulation and coercion

Jul 06, 2025 23:31

Enrique Villegas

Good News•Testimonies

World’s Highest IQ Holder Publicly Professes Christian Faith, Citing Quantum Physics and the Mystery of Consciousness

What makes Kim’s statement particularly compelling isn’t merely the boldness of his confession in an increasingly secularized intellectual climate. It’s the reasoning he offers: not in defiance of science, but through it—especially through the lens of quantum physics.

Jul 06, 2025 23:28

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV writes to clergy around the world about holiness on the Feast of the Sacred Heart: the Pope’s letter that every priest should read

Letter from the Pope to all priests of the Catholic Church on the occasion of the Day for the Sanctification of Priests

León XIV traveled to Rome on the Spanish king’s private plane after the official plane that was supposed to transport him broke down: here’s what happened

What was supposed to be a routine return flight from Tenerife to Rome on June 12 transformed into an unusual episode that forced the Pontiff to abandon his scheduled aircraft and accept the personal assistance of King Felipe VI of Spain.

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TIME dedicates its cover and a major report to Pope Leo XIV: From US Midwest Roots to the Chair of Peter

Opus Dei Denies Accusation of «Trafficking» and Considers It Necessary to Grant the Accused Individuals the Right to Give Their Version of the Facts

The Seminary with the Most Seminarians in the World (700) Dedicated to a French Laywoman

Vatican to Release Marian Document Clarifying Supernatural Phenomena Guidelines

Cardinal Makrickas takes the helm of the Roman basilica of St. Mary Major: the oldest Marian church in the West

Iranian Ambassador to the Vatican asks Pope Leo XIV in letter to defend Khamenei against USA and Israel

Laywoman Appointed Chancellor of Mexico City Archdiocese in Historic First

Vatican Assembles Independent Tribunal to Try Former Jesuit Marko Rupnik

In view of the shortage of priests, diocese grants dispensation from Sunday Mass: where and under what circumstances?

Media obsession with ‘wicked nuns’ upended by Irish report on Tuam mother and baby home

Crisis Deepens in Lima Archdiocese Amid Abuse Allegations and Accusations of Mismanagement Under Cardinal Castillo

World’s Highest IQ Holder Publicly Professes Christian Faith, Citing Quantum Physics and the Mystery of Consciousness