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Leo XIV, a pro-life Pope, sends a message to participants in the March for Life in the USA
Posted on 01/22/2026 21:02 PM (ZENIT – English)
Pope Leo XIV wanted to be present at the March for Life with a message.
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John L. Allen Jr. and the task of explaining the Vatican to the world: one of the most important Vaticanists passes away
Posted on 01/22/2026 20:56 PM (ZENIT – English)
He was remembered not as an activist or a polemicist, but as a craftsman of information: a journalist who believed that clarity is a form of service, and that understanding the Church requires patience, historical memory, and intellectual honesty
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Cardinals, the first consistory of Leo XIV, and Cardinal Zen’s public objections
Posted on 01/22/2026 20:51 PM (ZENIT – English)
For now, Leo XIV appears content to listen, to slow the pace, and to allow ideas championed under his predecessor either to mature organically or quietly recede
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China in the Heart of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Posted on 01/22/2026 20:28 PM (ZENIT – English)
The relics of a young Chinese seminarian were brought by Bishop Louis Faurie, Apostolic Vicar of Kweichow, current Chinese Archdiocese of Guiyang, who had met him at the Paris Foreign Missions Seminary, where this Bishop was formed as a seminarian.
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A U.S. Ambassador, Christian Zionism, and an Unusual Clash with the Churches of Jerusalem
Posted on 01/22/2026 20:14 PM (ZENIT – English)
The episode highlights a deeper tension shaping contemporary Christianity: the growing influence of evangelical political theology on global affairs, and the unease it generates among older, territorially rooted Christian traditions
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How Catholicism declined in Latin America over 10 years: study shows growth in agnosticism and other interesting data
Posted on 01/22/2026 19:50 PM (ZENIT – English)
These findings point to a transformation that is less about disbelief than about distance from institutions
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Breaking the silence: the nun who shows her face and accuses an Indian bishop of ongoing sexual abuse
Posted on 01/22/2026 19:38 PM (ZENIT – English)
Pallassery, a former superior general of the Missionaries of Jesus, a diocesan congregation based in northern India’s Jalandhar diocese, has accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of raping her repeatedly during his visits to her convent in Kuravilangad, Kerala, between 2014 and 2016
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The Catholic Church in Venezuela After Nicolás Maduro
Posted on 01/22/2026 07:47 AM (ZENIT – English)
Regarding the role of the Church, the President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference explained that the Church's activity was focused on the faithful attending Sunday Eucharistic celebrations, which was almost routine. There were precautions imposed by the measures dictated by the government, but the life of the Church has been managed with calm and prudence.
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Is it morally acceptable for the military to disobey Trump if he orders an invasion of Greenland? Response from the former president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops
Posted on 01/21/2026 19:06 PM (ZENIT – English)
Speaking to the BBC on January 18, the archbishop was blunt. He said he could see no scenario in which a U.S. military action to take control of Greenland—or the territory of any allied nation—would satisfy the classical Catholic criteria for a just war
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Vatican employee satisfaction data published: survey reveals fatigue, fear, and demand for dignity
Posted on 01/21/2026 18:59 PM (ZENIT – English)
Perhaps the most revealing section of the survey is the one addressed directly, albeit indirectly, to the Pope. Beyond calls for salary adjustments, family support, or fair productivity bonuses, employees articulate a deeper, ethical demand
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