Who Is Afraid of Catholic Saints?

Who Is Afraid of Catholic Saints? A Strange Campaign Against Carlo Acutis

ZENIT Staff

The Italian teenager is set to be canonized in September. Progressive Catholics and secular journalists are opposing the canonization. Why?

First Woman with Dwarfism on the Path to Canonization Thanks to Leo XIV

Rafael Llanes

Pope Leo XIV recognized her heroic virtues as a next step in her Cause for Canonization, pending miracles verified through her intercession.

Vatican gives new nihil obstat to Marian apparitions in Litmanová, Slovakia

ZENIT Staff

The letter specifies that the “declaration, although it does not imply the recognition of the supernatural authenticity of the alleged apparitions, allows, however, to approve the public worship and to communicate to the faithful that, if they wish, they can approach this spiritual proposal without risk, besides the fact that the fundamental contents of the alleged messages can be of help to live the Gospel of Christ”.

Pope Leo XIV receives Zelensky: open doors to Russia and Ukraine for negotiations and invitation to visit Ukraine

ZENIT Staff

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met on July 9 with Pope Leo XIV for a private conversation centered on the pursuit of peace.

Pope Leo XIV avoids schism, ends mission of bishop in liturgical dispute in India

Jorge Enrique Mújica

For Pope Leo XIV, this resolution is not merely a success—it is an expression of a deeper vision for the Catholic Church in the 21st century: a Church that honors tradition without weaponizing it, and that fosters unity without flattening diversity.

Ordinations Across a Shifting Continent: A Fragmented Yet Revealing Portrait of Catholic Priesthood in Europe, 2025

Covadonga Asturias

According to the Vatican’s own «Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae», the number of priests in Europe declined by 1.6% in 2023 alone. That same year, Europe still held 38.1% of the world’s priests—but that share is steadily shrinking.

Taybeh, the last fully Christian city in the West Bank, is facing increasing pressure from encroaching Jewish settlers

Tim Daniels

In a cover story titled “The Making of the Pope”, Time Magazine’s Belinda Luscombe paints a portrait of a man formed less by Vatican intrigue than by pastoral grit, theological patience, and the steady pressure of humility

Apple TV Series Airs Scene Mocking the Eucharist: These Are the Reactions

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Catholicvote denounces the scene as «deliberate blasphemy» and comments: «Is it compatible with the ‘culture of dignity, respect, and opportunity for all’ to promote content that ridicules and degrades the Catholic faith? Would you allow an equivalent mockery of the Islamic or Jewish faith?» Josh Mercer asks in a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook.