This is how Pope Leo XIV’s second meeting with abuse victims went: he even administered the sacrament of the sick to one of them

Nov 10, 2025 09:37

Jorge Enrique Mújica

According to Vatican sources, the Pope prayed with the survivors and listened Photo: Vatican Media

Local Church•Testimonies

Triumph Over Evil: a revealing look at exorcism with Church approval

Ziberna’s own conversion story serves as a quiet thread running through the film. He recalls that his first exposure to an exorcism came not as a believer but as a technical assistant. Expecting something eerie, he instead encountered what he calls “a great light.”

Nov 08, 2025 21:59

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Young People

The Vanishing Line Between Sin and Choice: How America’s Moral Compass Is Being Rewritten

When researchers asked adults to evaluate twelve behaviors traditionally viewed as sinful, only six were still condemned by a majority: lying or manipulation, taking God’s name in vain, idol worship, sex outside marriage, pornography, and the use of illegal drugs. On the rest, the moral consensus has fractured.

Nov 07, 2025 21:51

Tim Daniels

Gender Ideology

UN Expert Wants Boys to Shower With Girls?

Forty-one UN member states, including the UK, Israel, France, Canada, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, voiced “strong support” for the work of the Independent Expert.

Nov 07, 2025 21:49

Iulia Cazan

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Handling the Lectionary and Missal

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

Nov 07, 2025 16:17

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

An Upright Gaze: Key to Leo XIV’s Homily for the Pontifical Universities

The Holy Father began with the Gospel image of the bent-over woman (Luke 13:10-17), a symbol of one who has lost the ability to see beyond him/herself. By straightening her, Jesus restores not only her health, but also her vision: the possibility of opening herself to a broader horizon.

Nov 07, 2025 16:13

ZENIT Staff

Between Kyiv and Jerusalem: Vatican Diplomacy in Full Swing During Holy Week. Pope Leo XIV Speaks with the Ukrainian and Israeli Presidents

The Vatican confirmed that both calls included an exchange of greetings for Easter—Christian and Jewish alike—but quickly moved into substantive discussions on the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East

Pope Leo XIV Speaks Again About Trump and the War (and It Is Announced That the Pope Will Carry the Cross Throughout the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday)

Referring indirectly to geopolitical developments, including statements by Donald Trump about ending ongoing conflicts, Leo expressed cautious hope that political leaders might be seeking “a way out” of violence

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This is how Pope Leo XIV’s second meeting with abuse victims went: he even administered the sacrament of the sick to one of them

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Questions about liturgy: Handling the Lectionary and Missal

An Upright Gaze: Key to Leo XIV’s Homily for the Pontifical Universities