A prominent priest who hosts a popular podcast about exorcisms is suing two lay Catholic commentators for defamation, alleging that they falsely told listeners of another podcast that he is not an exorcist. The two…
Hundreds of Chaldean Catholics from Iraq and diaspora communities around the world gathered at the Vatican last week, joining Patriarch Paul III Nona for Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 15. Celebrated according to…
undefinedPope Leo XIV delivers remarks during a private audience at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican with participants in the ‘Holiness in History’ conference on Oct. 21, 2026. The Pontiff met with participants of the…
undefinedPope Leo XIV takes his first ride in the popemobile post-lung surgery during the weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 21, 2026. The Pope stressed that the commitment to protect families is…
undefinedCardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, blesses his flock. Jerusalem’s Latin patriarch reflects on the Church’s role amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East.
undefinedBishop Stephen Wang accepts his episcopal ring at the ordination Mass where he became the sixth bishop of Arundel and Brighton in England on Oct. 19, 2026. Prior rector of the Venerable English College in…
Amid reports of ongoing abuses against religious and ethnic groups in Syria, U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pennsylvania, introduced a bill aimed at strengthening accountability for serious human rights abuses and persecution, including those targeting Christians…
(ZENIT News / Washington, 10.20.2026).- A sharp decline in the number of American high school students identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual is challenging assumptions about the recent evolution of adolescent sexual identity. The latest…
(ZENIT News / Jerusalem, 10.20.2026).- As violence against Palestinian farmers intensifies during the 2026 olive harvest in the occupied West Bank, the Christian village of Taybeh is confronting a threat that reaches far beyond lost…
(ZENIT News – Persecution.org / Washington, 10.20.2026).- The Bible Access Initiative, a collaboration of several ministries, has found that more than 500 million Christians live in nations where access to God’s Word is restricted. Additionally,…