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Mexico???s Churches Become Places of Hope as the Search for the Missing Reaches 135,000
37+ min ago (599+ words) (ZENIT News / Mexico City, 08.31.2026).- In Mexico, some Catholic churches are being asked to do something that goes far beyond their traditional pastoral role: help break the silence surrounding thousands of disappearances. Behind those numbers are families living with a peculiar…...
Pope Leo XIV personally ordered his Dicastery for Communication to stop using works by the former Jesuit Rupnik, according to the bishop of Lourdes
45+ min ago (665+ words) Bishop Micas has ordered that Rupnik's mosaics on the façade of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary be permanently covered. The significance of the revelation lies partly in its timing. For years, Rupnik’s mosaics remained prominent in Catholic…...
Questions about liturgy: Communion at Weddings Outside of a Mass
13+ hour, 23+ min ago (905+ words) Communion at Weddings Outside of a Mass (ZENIT News / Rome, 08.30.2026).- Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university. A: The choice of celebrating a wedding within or outside of…...
Two Lessons from Saint Peter for When We Struggle to Accept and Understand God's Ways, According to Leo XIV
13+ hour, 28+ min ago (322+ words) (ZENIT News / Castel Gandolfo, 08.30.2026).- On Sunday, August 30, Pope Leo XIV recited the Marian prayer of the Angelus from Castel Gandolfo, the popes’ summer residence on the outskirts of Rome. The Angelus, as is customary, took place at noon and was…...
2 out of 10 U.S. bishops are willing to ordain gay priests, according to a study
13+ hour, 34+ min ago (744+ words) Twenty-two percent of surveyed U.S. bishops said they would be willing to ordain such a man; 10% said they were completely in agreement with doing so (ZENIT News / Washington, 08.29.2026).- A deceptively simple question from the ordination to the priesthood rite has become…...
Peruvian Bishops Warn of Scams Using Pope Leo XIV???s Name and Image Weeks Before His Visit
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (170+ words) The Peruvian Episcopal Conference warns that it does not request payments or charge any fees for access to blessings, meetings with the Holy Father, photographs, gatherings, or similar activities. The post Peruvian Bishops Warn of Scams Using Pope Leo XIV’s…...
Mexican bishop imposes restrictions on lay presiding at liturgical celebrations and on the use of vestments intended for the clergy
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (375+ words) Bishop Carlos Enrique Samaniego López (ZENIT News / Mexico City, 08.28.2026).- The Diocese of Texcoco has drawn a firm line between lay participation and the functions reserved to ordained ministers, with Bishop Carlos Enrique Samaniego López issuing a decree intended to confront…...
Pope in Lourdes: Marian Shrine Closes Registration After Being Overwhelmed by Massive Turnout
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (741+ words) When registrations opened on August 10 for Leo XIV’s September 26-27 visit to the Marian sanctuary, organizers initially regarded registration as advisable rather than compulsory. Within less than ten days, however, 100,000 pilgrims had registered. The sanctuary subsequently made registration mandatory and has…...
Loneliness or falling in love? Why does a priest leave the ministry?
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (642+ words) The paradox is striking: the priest can be socially surrounded while remaining personally isolated. One of the less visible problems is what sociological research has described as “functional loneliness.” A priest may spend almost every day surrounded by people — celebrating…...
Court Excludes Spiritual Direction from the Legal Protection Afforded to the Sacrament of Confession
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (773+ words) (ZENIT News / Phoenix, 08.24.2026).- Arizona has become an unexpected battleground over one of the Catholic Church’s most protected practices: the confidentiality of sacramental confession. A recent state Supreme Court ruling has clarified when clergy-penitent communications qualify for legal protection, while a…...