What did the Pope say to the Knights of Columbus?

Vatican announces date of its second report on protection against abuse

Valentina di Giorgio

In Krakow, the Vatican’s Child Protection Body Seeks a Global Culture of Accountability

Spanish Catholic priest found guilty of hate speech for telling the truth about Islam

ZENIT Staff

At the center of the controversy is a 2016 essay titled “The Impossible Dialogue with Islam,” in which Ballester argued that genuine dialogue between Christianity and Islam remains unattainable under current conditions

U.S. Bishops to Vote for Chairmen-elect of Six Standing Committees at Plenary Assembly in November

ZENIT Staff

Elections for USCCB president and vice president are also taking place at this meeting; should any of the candidates for committee chairmanship be elected to fill to a higher office, the bishops’ Committee on Priorities and Plans will convene to nominate a new candidate for that committee

USA: FDA Approval of Generic Abortion Drug “Jarring and Contradictory,” Says Bishop Thomas

ZENIT Staff

Responding to reports last week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved an additional generic for the abortion drug, mifepristone

What did the Pope say to the Knights of Columbus? Leo XIV receives them in audience

ZENIT Staff

Words of the Pope during the meeting at the Vatican with the Knights of Columbus

Tehran: Confessions, torture and prison. New sentences for Christian converts

ZENIT Staff

A court has upheld decades of prison sentences for five defendants. Their ‘crime’ was participating in house church services, taking online courses on faith and attending training courses abroad (Turkey). On 7 October, another trial for blasphemy. In August, state television broadcast a propaganda documentary featuring forced confessions by converts.

Luxembourg has a new Grand Duke: this is what the Pope said in his message on the day of his coronation

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Leo XIV invoked the protection of the Virgin Mary over Guillaume and extended his Apostolic Blessing to all Luxembourgers, wishing them peace and harmony in this new chapter of their national life

The Carmelite Order held its General Chapter: these are its new leaders

ZENIT Staff

This was the first General Chapter of the Order held outside Europe in the Order’s 800-year history. Programmed into the schedule were several opportunities for members to experience the rich Indonesian culture.

Two years after October 7: interview with the Vatican Secretary of State on Hamas terrorism and the massacre in Gaza

ZENIT Staff

The Holy See Secretary of State speaks to Vatican Media on the second anniversary of Hamas’s “inhuman” attack on Israel, which unleashed the destruction of the Gaza Strip. He says that what is happening in Gaza is “inhuman”, and that he’s struck by the turnout at peace marches. He adds that antisemitism is a cancer that must be eradicated.

Leo XIV overturns Pope Francis’ decision and restructures Vatican finances under one principle: shared responsibility

Valentina di Giorgio

This is Pope Leo XIV’s first Motu proprio: “Coniuncta cura”

Pope Leo XIV speaks out against anti-Semitism

ZENIT Staff

Speaking before the recitation of the Angelus, the Pope lamented the recent wave of antisemitic violence