Case of mismanagement of abuse allegations

After just four months as bishop of Detroit, the new bishop dismisses three beloved professors from the local seminary

ZENIT Staff

Though the archdiocese has offered no official reason for the terminations—citing longstanding policies against commenting on personnel matters—many observers see the move as a deliberate shift away from the conservative theological roots that helped shape Sacred Heart into a flagship institution during the papacies of John Paul II and Benedict XVI.

Statement by Christian leaders on the latest attack by Jewish settlers against Christians in the Holy Land

ZENIT Staff

Of additional concern is the reactionary disinformation campaign by Israeli settler-affiliated groups, launched in response to recent diplomatic visits to Taybeh. Rather than addressing the grave violations occurring, these narratives seek to discredit victims and diminish the significance of international solidarity. Such distortions aim to deflect scrutiny and sanitize criminal conduct in violation of international norms.

The Vatican issues a statement and assessment on alleged Marian apparitions at Monte Sant’Onofrio

Valentina di Giorgio

Yet the Dicastery does not ignore what it terms “elements of confusion.” Two specific concerns are raised. The first relates to a disobedience regarding ecclesiastical guidelines. The previous bishop, Claudio Palumbo, had explicitly forbidden public or private liturgical celebrations connected to the apparitions

Case of mismanagement of abuse allegations could halt canonization of Jesuit Pedro Arrupe

Valentina di Giorgio

The case not only implicates institutional failures at multiple levels, but forces a reckoning with how the Church remembers its revered leaders. Arrupe’s involvement may have been limited to correspondence, and the surviving documentation does not indicate whether he approved the ordination against advice or simply deferred to others

These are the Catholic groups attacked in a report sponsored by Bill Gates and Soros simply for defending what they believe in

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Critics from across Europe’s faith-based institutions have been quick to respond. They insist that defending unborn life, upholding the natural family, or supporting ethical alternatives to controversial sexual education are not signs of extremism but expressions of moral conscience. And they warn that if such voices are excluded from the democratic conversation, the result will not be harmony—but deeper polarization.

Israeli army attacks and destroys Caritas center in Deir al-Balah, Gaza

ZENIT Staff

The center had offered essential care: vaccinations, psychological support for mothers and children, treatment for amputees—services now suspended indefinitely. Since March, prosthetic limbs have been blocked from entering Gaza, and only a trickle of medical supplies makes it through either Israeli or Palestinian checkpoints

“Reflect on the authenticity of your witness”: Pope Leo XIV to digital missionaries

ZENIT Staff

Words of Pope Leo XIV to “digital missionaries” in the context of the Jubilee of Youth

US Congress: bill introduced to prevent revocation of Pope Leo XIV’s citizenship and tax issues

Tim Daniels

That theoretical quandary is now a legislative one. If passed, Hurd’s bill would formally exempt any U.S. citizen who becomes pope from tax obligations to the United States during his pontificate.

What to Do to Live Happily and in Peace? Pope Leo XIV’s Question to French Youth (Applicable to Everyone)

ZENIT Staff

Words of Pope Leo XIV to the Catechumens and Neophytes of France

Pope Leo XIV to Catholic Universities: “Christ Is No Stranger to The Rational Discourse but the Key that Gives Meaning and Harmony to All Our Thinking

ZENIT Staff

The Holy Father’s Message to the participants in the 28th General Assembly of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU)

Russia Tortures and Murders Christians in Ukraine: What Many Silence and Some Applaud

ZENIT Staff

In December 2022, the Russians banned the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, faithful to Rome, from the occupied territories. The ban included the Catholic organizations Caritas and the Knights of Columbus, which have been providing humanitarian aid to the Ukrainian people.

Jewish settlers vandalize the only completely Christian city in the Holy Land once again

ZENIT Staff

German Ambassador Steffen Seibert did not mince words. “Whether the victims are Christian or Muslim, these extremists may invoke divine mandate,” he said, “but their actions are criminal and betray every authentic religious tradition.”

The perils of polarization

ZENIT Staff

The post-communist Catholic leadership of Poland has also made its share of blunders, fueling the fears of the secular left that a publicly engaged Polish Catholicism would create something like Franco’s authoritarian Spain