Iran, the Land of Radical Muslims, Dedicates Metro Station to the Virgin Mary

Nov 06, 2025 13:36

A new metro station has been dedicated to the Holy Virgin Mary in Tehran's sixth district Photo: ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH | EFE

Dicasteries•Virgin Mary

Mary Co-redemptrix? This is what the most comprehensive Vatican reflection on Marian terminology since the Second Vatican Council says

The Vatican’s new note is not merely a negative prohibition but an attempt at theological purification—a careful pruning of language to preserve the integrity of devotion

Nov 04, 2025 17:43

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Justice and Peace•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

California’s Democratic government removes statue of Saint Junípero Sierra after lying about consulting the Archbishop of San Francisco

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, whose archdiocese encompasses many of the missions Serra founded in the 18th century, says he was blindsided by the decision

Nov 04, 2025 10:09

ZENIT Staff

Vocations

Nine diocesan priests begin novitiate in the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic

Br. John Langlois, OP, Provincial Promoter of the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic for the Province of St. Joseph, vested the priests with the scapular of the Order. During the rite of vestition, Br. John asked those seeking admission into the Order what they desired. They responded: “God’s mercy and yours.”

Nov 04, 2025 10:07

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Trump threatens military intervention in Nigeria over the serious killing of Christians in the country

Trump’s statement on October 31, posted on his social media platform Truth Social, ignited a global debate about faith, politics, and foreign policy. “Christianity faces an existential threat in Nigeria,” he wrote

Nov 03, 2025 17:42

Tim Daniels

Marriage and Family•Testimonies

JD Vance (Catholic vice president of the USA) and his desire for his wife to convert to Catholicism

The Vice President, a Catholic convert since 2019, spoke openly about raising his children in the Catholic faith—and about his hope that his wife, Usha, who was raised in a Hindu family, might one day share his belief in the Gospel

Nov 03, 2025 10:02

Tim Daniels

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Iran, the Land of Radical Muslims, Dedicates Metro Station to the Virgin Mary

Pax Christi International, the global Catholic peace movement, Marks 80 Years of Building Bridges for Tomorrow

Are you or do you know someone who is having suicidal thoughts? Here is what Pope Leo XIV has to say about it

How is every day Easter? Pope Leo XIV explains it this way

Vatican elevates oldest church on the Arabian Peninsula to basilica status

This is what Pope Leo XIV said about Rupnik, the situation in Venezuela, and the religious freedom rights of migrants in the USA

This is the 197-inch sculpture dedicated to Pope Leo XIV in his former Peruvian diocese

Mary Co-redemptrix? This is what the most comprehensive Vatican reflection on Marian terminology since the Second Vatican Council says

California’s Democratic government removes statue of Saint Junípero Sierra after lying about consulting the Archbishop of San Francisco

Nine diocesan priests begin novitiate in the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic

Trump threatens military intervention in Nigeria over the serious killing of Christians in the country

JD Vance (Catholic vice president of the USA) and his desire for his wife to convert to Catholicism