(ZENIT News / Washington, 06.08.2026).- Few figures in contemporary Orthodoxy have experienced a rise as remarkable—and a fall as dramatic—as Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev. Once regarded as one of the most influential voices in the Russian…
Pope Leo XIV’s lunch with Spain’s bishops at the apostolic nunciature in Madrid offered a glimpse of the pope’s more informal and humorous side. Yago de la Cierva, who is overseeing the organization of the…
MADRID – As Spanish society still reels from a wave of clerical abuse scandals, Pope Leo on his third day in Madrid met with a small group of victims who shared their stories and offered…
Pope Leo XIV leads a Eucharistic procession in Madrid, Spain, on June 7, 2026, for the feast of Corpus Christi. At Mass in Madrid’s Plaza de Cibeles, the Pope called Spain’s centuries-old Eucharistic devotion “a…
Pope Leo XIV meets staff and beneficiaries, including migrants, of the CEDIA 24 Horas center, part of the Caritas of the Archdiocese of Madrid in Spain on June 6, 2026. The Holy Father launched his…
Cardinal Timothy Dolan blesses the faithful with the Blessed Sacrament at Divine Mercy Adoration Chapel on July 30, 2023, at St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village. ‘God’s the only load-bearing structure for your heart,’ says…
A 19th-century statue of the Sacred Heart in Paris For more than a century and a half, popes have taught the importance of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Here are some highlights.
More than 1,000 people processed through the streets of downtown Washington, D.C. on Saturday morning as the third annual National Eucharistic Pilgrimage made its way through the nation’s capital. “Today we are going to bring…
A Catholic bishop has been shot to death in Mozambique. The shooting apparently took place in the small hours of Saturday morning. The body of Bishop Osorio Citora of Quelimane was found inside the episcopal…
MADRID — Pope Leo XIV told government leaders in Spain on June 6 that he came to the country “to confirm, encourage and inspire a renewed loyalty of believers to the Gospel, as well as…