Is kneeling before the Eucharist prohibited?

Pope Leo XIV Reflects on Vatican Council II and Its Documents Thus Initiating a New Series of Catecheses

ZENIT Staff

The Pope’s General Audience on January 7, 2026 was an introduction to a new series of catecheses on Vatican Council II and its Documents

Nearly a Billion Listens Later, a Priest, a Microphone, and a Bible That Keeps Speaking

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Bible in a Year remains available across all major podcast platforms, maintaining the accessibility that helped drive its early growth

“Pray with the Pope”: A renewed invitation to pray for his monthly prayer intentions

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An invitation from the Holy Father to pray for the challenges facing humanity

“It is not the Church that attracts, but Christ”: Pope Leo XIV’s first speech (translated into English) to a consistory of cardinals

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Improvised remarks by the Holy Father at the conclusion of the first session of the Extraordinary Consistory

León XIV to cardinals: “We gather not to promote personal or group “agendas”

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Homily by Pope Leo XIV on the second day of the extraordinary consistory at the Vatican

“Peter (The Pope) must not be unaccompanied”: Cardinal Radcliffe’s complete meditation in English to the cardinals in the Consistory

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Cardinal Radcliffe’s complete meditation in English to the cardinals in the Consistory

Liturgy and the Roman Curia are left out as topics for Leo XIV’s first consistory: this was discussed

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Time constraints required the assembly to select only two subjects from a list of four. Alongside the two chosen themes were liturgy and the apostolic constitution Praedicate Evangelium, which reformed the Roman Curia and its service to local Churches

Austria Opens a New Path to the Priesthood for Midlife Professionals

Joachin Meisner Hertz

The conference has stressed that the initiative aligns fully with Vatican norms, particularly those outlined in the Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis, the foundational document governing priestly formation worldwide

U.S. Congressional Report Maps a Broadening Repression in China

ZENIT Staff

The document released by the U.S. Congressional‑Executive Commission on China (quoting several “Bitter Winter” articles) insists on religious persecution.

Is kneeling before the Eucharist prohibited? One in four priests respond to their bishop (of Charlotte) with a letter to the Vatican

Tim Daniels

The Vatican’s response will be closely watched, not only in Charlotte but across dioceses in the United States

Marco Rubio talks to Cardinal Parolin about Venezuela: this is what was said

Jorge Enrique Mújica

While the Vatican has not released its own readout of the 6 January conversation, Cardinal Parolin’s long familiarity with Venezuela adds weight to the exchange