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Neither the Sum of What We Have, Nor Algorithms, Nor Matter Assembled at Random: What Are We? Two Questions Posed in Pope Leo XIV's Address to University Students
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (292+ words) Pope's Address at La Sapienza University in Rome (ZENIT News / Rome, 05. 14. 2026). - On Thursday morning, May 14, the Holy Father visited La Sapienza, Italy's most important University, located in the country's capital. It was at this University that, 18 years ago, Pope Benedict…...
The UEFA Soccer League Referee Who Is Also a Theologian
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (439+ words) Damian Sylwestrzak, 34, belongs to a generation of referees accustomed to constant scrutiny. Every decision is replayed in slow motion, debated on television, and judged on social media. In this ecosystem of constant tension, the Polish referee finds a point of…...
Vatican Clarifies Iran Ambassador Controversy: Routine Diplomatic Honor Miscast as Political Endorsement
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (1058+ words) (ZENIT News / Rome, 05. 14. 2026). - A diplomatic decoration routinely granted by the Holy See has unexpectedly become the center of an international controversy involving the Vatican, Iran, the United States, and the fragile geopolitical balance of the Middle East. But the Holy…...
France and England: Two Pro-Life Victories in the Face of the Culture of Discard (Assisted Death and Euthanasia)
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (875+ words) Europe's Assisted Suicide Debate Hits Resistance: France and Britain Reveal Growing Unease Over Euthanasia (ZENIT News / London, 05. 14. 2026). - At a moment when assisted suicide and euthanasia laws continue advancing across parts of Europe, two major parliamentary developments in France and the…...
Leo XIV's first book offers a glimpse into the Augustinian spirit of the new papacy
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (806+ words) (ZENIT News / Rome, 05. 14. 2026). - Less than a year into the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican has unveiled what many already consider a key text for understanding the spiritual and intellectual foundations of the new Pope's vision for the Church....
The Bible and Young People: 7 Striking Findings from New Global Research
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (996+ words) a surprising spiritual curiosity is emerging among young people " especially around the Bible itself. Its findings reveal not merely residual religious sentiment, but a renewed engagement with Scripture among younger Christians " and even among many who do not identify as…...
What does it mean that Mary is a model of the Church? Leo XIV's response
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (143+ words) Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome! As we can see, the reflections on the Virgin Mother collected in'Lumen gentium'teach us to love the Church and to serve within her the fulfilment of the Kingdom of God, which is…...
Prison sentence for two Israeli soldiers who desecrated an image of the Virgin Mary in Lebanon
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (549+ words) (ZENIT News / Jerusalem, 05. 13. 2026). - The Israeli military has sentenced several soldiers to prison terms following two separate incidents involving the desecration of Christian statues in southern Lebanon, episodes that have intensified concern among local Christians already caught in the turbulence of…...
Vatican Publicly Warns: Lefebvrist Ordination of Bishops without Papal Mandate Implies Schism and Excommunication
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (216+ words) According to a letter from St. John Paul II, the faithful who adhere to the schism also incur excommunication. (ZENIT News / Rome, 05. 13. 2026). - On the morning of Wednesday, May 14, the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal…...
Vienna's Silent Transformation: Nearly 50% of students in schools are already Muslim. Only 17% are Catholic
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (1053+ words) Perhaps no recent controversy symbolizes Vienna's cultural unease more clearly than the city government's decision earlier this year not to erect a statue honoring Polish King John III Sobieski. Sobieski led the Christian coalition that defeated Ottoman forces outside Vienna…...