California’s Democratic government removes statue of Saint Junípero Sierra

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

Valentina di Giorgio

The Pope unfolded a conversation that ranged across continents and crises, touching on Venezuela, the Middle East, the United States, and even the dignity of workers. It was an impromptu dialogue, but one that revealed once again the pontiff’s instinct to read the signs of the times with moral precision and pastoral realism

Mexico Is Confirmed in 2025 as One of the Most Dangerous Countries to Be a Priest

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for pastoral work. Exercising the ministry or professing the faith increases the risk of losing one’s life. San ACN Report states that, during the six-year term of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, 10 priests were murdered, another 10 suffered attacks, and there were nearly 900 cases of extortion against members of the Catholic Church.

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

Rafael Llanes

The Armenian and Assyrian communities valued the recognition of their faith with this official symbol at the metro station near the Cathedral, built between 1964 and 1970 by the Brotherhood of Saint Sergius, which is the heart of Armenian Christianity in Tehran. It was restored in 2006.

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

ZENIT Staff

Global Catholic peace movement celebrates eight decades of Gospel nonviolence and the seek for Just Peace with a world gathering in Florence, highlighting the Youth Forum launch, and the Peace Award ceremony.

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

ZENIT Staff

Pope’s general audience, November 5, 2025, on Easter every day

Vatican elevates oldest church on the Arabian Peninsula to basilica status

ZENIT Staff

For the faithful of Bahrain, the announcement is more than an ecclesial decree; it is the recognition of a spiritual home that has served generations of migrant Catholics from across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Consecrated in 1940, the Sacred Heart Church is affectionately known as the “mother church” of the Gulf

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

Enrique Villegas

The statue, towering and radiant under the Lambayeque sun, captures the Pope in a gesture of blessing — right hand extended, a serene smile illuminating his face. For many in Chiclayo, this image transcends artistry. It is a gesture of gratitude

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

Jorge Enrique Mújica

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

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

ZENIT Staff

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.”

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

ZENIT Staff

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

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

Tim Daniels

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

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

Tim Daniels

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