How Popular Is the Pope in Francis’s Home Country?

Lutherans are calling on Pope Leo XIV to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession

ZENIT Staff

Leaders of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican on 1 October, looking forward to the ways in which Lutherans and Catholics can commemorate together the 500th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession in 2030.

The Meaning of Leo XIV’s Pastoral Journey, as Told by Himself

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Pope’s General Audience, September 30, 2026, on the Apostolic Journey to France

Another proposal from the synod on synodality: to amend the canons governing the Church so that laypeople can participate in its governance

ZENIT Staff

The first part of the document contains proposals to amend the canons of the Code concerning the possibility for the lay faithful, both men and women, to exercise in the Church those offices, functions and ministries for which they are suitably qualified and competent, including within the sphere of ecclesial governance.

Leo XIV Goes to Argentina: How Popular Is the Pope in Francis’s Home Country? Study Published

Enrique Villegas

The figures, released on September 23 by the polling firm Zuban Córdoba, provide an early indication of the reception Leo XIV may encounter when he reaches Argentina from Uruguay. The survey was conducted from September 16 to 19 among 2,000 people across the country, with a 95 percent confidence level, according to the pollster.

With the Pope in attendance, Sydney will be the Eucharistic heart of the Church in 2028: dates for the International Eucharistic Congress are announced

Elizabeth Owens

Bishop Richard Umbers, auxiliary bishop of Sydney and secretary general of the 54th International Eucharistic Congress, has announced that Eucharist28 will take place from September 24 to October 1, 2028

Practicing Catholics report happier marriages and sex lives, according to a new study. Here are the results

ZENIT Staff

Its central finding is not simply that religious people marry more often. It is that, among married Americans, active religious practice is associated with a different experience of marriage.