“They Took Our Children”: Christian Parents Bring Sweden Before European Court of Human Rights After Almost 3 Years’ Separation from Daughters

Oct 26, 2025 19:54

The parents are seeking justice to regain custody of their daughters claiming a severe violation of their parental rights. Photo: ADF

Local Church

Nicolás Maduro attacks bishop; Cardinal Porras cancels Mass of thanksgiving for first Venezuelan saints

The canonization of Hernández and Rendiles could have been a unifying event for a country in pain. Instead, it revealed the moral chasm separating the Church’s vision of human dignity from the regime’s hunger for control

Oct 24, 2025 12:13

Enrique Villegas

Local Church

Digital Generosity or Digital Overreach? The Archdiocese of San Antonio Pushes Back Against GoFundMe’s “Unapproved” Charity Pages

The controversy places GoFundMe at a crossroads between innovation and intrusion—raising deeper questions about who controls the digital spaces where generosity meets technology

Oct 24, 2025 12:11

ZENIT Staff

Ecumenism•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

[PHOTO GALLERY] This is how the first historic day of the King of England’s state visit to Pope Leo XIV unfolded

But it was not diplomacy that defined the day. It was worship. The centerpiece of the royal visit was an ecumenical prayer in the Sistine Chapel — conducted in Latin and English — that brought together the Church of Rome and the Church of England in a gesture of fraternity unseen since the Reformation.

Oct 23, 2025 18:30

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Prayer of Exorcism at Baptisms

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

Oct 23, 2025 18:01

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

U.S. bishops to discuss impact, opportunities, and challenges of artificial intelligence at November plenary meeting

The plenary will begin with Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, and president of the USCCB, delivering his final address to the bishops as USCCB president

Oct 23, 2025 17:58

ZENIT Staff

Leo XIV, Putin’s rejection of the Christmas truce, and disappointment with the Democratic governor of Illinois

Speaking on the evening of December 23, Leo XIV returned repeatedly to a single theme that framed his reflections: the meaning of life, human dignity, and the possibility of peace—even if only for a day.

Germans trust Leo XIV more than Islam: new survey results released

Data released from a representative Forsa poll indicate that 28 percent of Germans now say they place high or very high trust in the Pope

“They Took Our Children”: Christian Parents Bring Sweden Before European Court of Human Rights After Almost 3 Years’ Separation from Daughters

Official United Nations rapporteur and human rights expert wants to see an end to surrogacy

FBI cuts ties with anti-Christian group

Marriage and Family: The Challenges and Opportunities Presented by Pope Leo XIV to the John Paul II Theological Institute

Jesus’ Education of the Gaze and Keeping Opposites Together: Leo XIV’s Beautiful Catechesis for the Church

From Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum to the «New Things» Analyzed by Pope Leo XIV «from the Peripheries»

Pope Leo XIV to publish new document on Catholic education and declare Newman co-patron of Catholic education

Nicolás Maduro attacks bishop; Cardinal Porras cancels Mass of thanksgiving for first Venezuelan saints

Digital Generosity or Digital Overreach? The Archdiocese of San Antonio Pushes Back Against GoFundMe’s “Unapproved” Charity Pages

[PHOTO GALLERY] This is how the first historic day of the King of England’s state visit to Pope Leo XIV unfolded

Questions about liturgy: Prayer of Exorcism at Baptisms

U.S. bishops to discuss impact, opportunities, and challenges of artificial intelligence at November plenary meeting