Vatican MediaPope Leo XIV uses a tablet to navigate the website of the new digital version of the Vatican’s Pontifical Yearbook, known as the Annuario Pontificio in Italian. As anticipation builds for a possible encyclical,…
(ZENIT News / Rome, 03.27.2026).- On the occasion of the installation of the Rev. Sarah Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury (in the Church of England), which took place on Wednesday, March 25,…
Massimo Introvigne (ZENIT News / Rome, 03.27.2026).- The OLIRE (Observatory of Religious Liberty in Latin America) 2025 Annual Report, released on February 17, 2026, offers one of the most comprehensive and sobering assessments to date of…
(ZENIT News / Los Ángeles, 03.27.2026).- In a courtroom in Los Angeles, a legal frontier long considered out of reach for plaintiffs has begun to shift. After weeks of testimony and more than 40 hours…
Jeffrey Bruno Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation died March 27, 2016. From a private word of comfort in a time of grief to a funeral that stopped traffic in Alabama, a reflection on the…
Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, said law enforcement agents must “evaluate everything in the light of Christ” while discerning actions in regard to immigration enforcement. Seitz issued the first pastoral letter on mass…
On March 23, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court permanently closed the investigation into the involvement of Father José Eduardo de Oliveira e Silva in the attempted coup d’état aimed at preventing the inauguration of then-President-elect Luiz…
LAHORE, Pakistan — Catholic bishops in Pakistan have voiced support for the military amid an Eid al-Fitr ceasefire following weeks of deadly cross-border violence with neighboring Afghanistan. In a March 23 message, Archbishop Joseph Arshad…
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, said on Thursday that the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran does not meet the Catholic Church’s criteria for a just war. “No, it does not seem to meet…
BEIRUT — As Israel trades fire with Hezbollah, calls for mass evacuations and sends ground troops deeper into Lebanon, its leaders have hinted at a long-term occupation modeled on the devastating conquest of much of Gaza…