Pope Leo XIV offers food to the poor in Castelgandolfo: he seats four of them at his own table

Aug 17, 2025 23:08

the new pope listened, laughed, and broke bread with those whose daily lives are marked by struggle and resilience. Photo: Vatican Media

Marriage and Family•Young People

UN Child Rights Committee Promotes Abortion, Undermines Parental Rights in New General Comment

The Committee on the Rights of the Child is the treaty body monitoring countries’ compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is the UN human rights treaty ratified by the most nations—only the United States has not ratified it.

Aug 16, 2025 22:49

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV•Virgin Mary

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

Homily of Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

Aug 15, 2025 16:13

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Virgin Mary

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

The new shrine will stand within the recently built Church of St. Ephrem, its focal point an icon delivered this August by Father Benedict Kiely, founder of the Vermont-based charity Nasarean.org.

Aug 15, 2025 10:06

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

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

After a government decree, the school has been renamed the “Bismarck Martínez Educational Center,” in honor of a Sandinista militant killed during the 2018 anti-government protests

Aug 15, 2025 10:02

Enrique Villegas

Vatican City

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

For three months, scaffolding will cover the entire altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, supporting a dozen platforms where up to twelve specialists can work simultaneously

Aug 15, 2025 09:59

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

Pope Leo XIV offers food to the poor in Castelgandolfo: he seats four of them at his own table

What does it mean to be a “sign of contradiction”? Pope Leo XIV explains it

Pope Leo XIV gives his pontifical miter to Chiclayo in Peru

Meeting the World to Convert the World

U.S. to Destroy $10 Million in Contraceptives

US Human Rights Report Leaves Out LGBTs

Questions about liturgy: Churches Named for ‘St. Mary’

UN Child Rights Committee Promotes Abortion, Undermines Parental Rights in New General Comment

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