Franciscans Ask Marco Rubio for Help in the Face of Persecution by Jewish Settlers Affecting Christians

A religious congregation dedicated to supporting survivors of abuse: the inspiring project launched by two American nuns

ZENIT Staff

If their community eventually receives full recognition as a religious institute, it would represent something highly unusual in Catholic history: a congregation whose specific charism is the accompaniment of those harmed by abuse and the recovery of a Church’s capacity to listen to them

German priests loyal to the Pope respond to their own bishop (and cardinal), who is pressuring them to bless same-sex couples in a major diocese

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Twenty-six priests have written to Cardinal Reinhard Marx challenging his recommendation that Germany’s national guidelines for blessing couples in irregular situations, including same-sex couples, be implemented in the archdiocese. If the cardinal’s response does not resolve their concerns, the priests say they may ask the Holy See for an official clarification

Franciscans Ask Marco Rubio for Help in the Face of Persecution by Jewish Settlers Affecting Christians (and Others) in the Holy Land

Joachin Meisner Hertz

The Franciscan concern is not isolated. Church leaders in Jerusalem have repeatedly denounced vandalism, desecration, spitting at clergy and verbal and physical attacks attributed to extremist ultra-Orthodox Jewish elements

Interest surges in U.S. beatification of Georgia Martyrs who died defending marriage

ZENIT Staff

“The martyrs stood up for the sanctity of marriage,” Bishop Stephen D. Parkes of Savannah, Georgia, told OSV News of the five Franciscan friars from Spain who died in present-day Georgia in the 16th century. “It gives us an opportunity really to … reinforce the Church’s teaching on marriage.”

An App for Spiritual Direction with Real Priests and Other Inspiring Prayer Projects

Alma Recinas

A defining characteristic of AMEN is its firm commitment to the human element. Unlike other current technological tools, AMEN always provides responses from people in consecrated life rather than from Artificial Intelligence. Although the organization is considering implementing AI in the future as an optional feature for users, they maintain that the lack of instant response is actually a virtue: it allows the consecrated person to pray for the specific situation and reflect on the answer before sending it.

Against the Unity Pope Leo XIV Seeks: Gestures and Words from Bishops That Fuel Polarization and Cause Confusion

Rafael Llanes

Why is there so much controversy regarding key aspects of the Church’s internal life? Is the Church divided and in conflict, or is there more noise than peace? Does the Pope lean toward one tendency while alienating another? Answering these questions requires three clarifications to understand what is happening in the Church today.