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Here’s How the Meeting Between the Pope and 7 Abuse Victims in Lourdes Unfolded (As Told by the Victims Themselves) After the Lourdes meeting, five participants spoke to journalists. Olivier Mardi, cofounder of the advocacy group Voix Libérées de Touraine, said the Pope had listened attentively and was aware that the danger of abuse had not disappeared. “He is no fool,” Mardi said The post Here’s How the Meeting Between the Pope and 7 Abuse Victims in Lourdes Unfolded (As Told... 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/09/28/heres-how-the-meeting-between-the-pope-and-7-abuse-victims-in-lourdes-unfolded-as-told-by-the-victims-themselves/ #Catholic #Zenit #Christian

Leo XIV responds: Is he terrified of the risks of AI, is it systemic abuse within the Church, or has he crossed the line regarding secularism in France? Interview in English with Pope Leo XIV on the return flight from his apostolic trip to France 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/09/28/leo-xiv-responds-is-he-terrified-of-the-risks-of-ai-is-it-systemic-abuse-within-the-church-or-has-he-crossed-the-line-regarding-secularism-in-france/ #Catholic #Zenit #PopeLeo #Church

Pope Leo XIV Spends Two Hours with Seven Abuse Victims in France: How the Meeting Unfolded The Pope met with each person individually and in private, listening to their stories and the pain and suffering they endured -- at times, regrettably, with the complicity or silence of those who could have helped them -- as well as their proposals to ensure this does not happen again. The post Pope Leo XIV Spends Two Hours with Seven Abuse Victims in France: How the Meeting Unfolded app... 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/09/27/pope-leo-xiv-spends-two-hours-with-seven-abuse-victims-in-france-how-the-meeting-unfolded/ #Catholic #Zenit #PopeLeo

How Can We Renew Hope in the Context of a New Missionary Drive? Leo XIV Charts the Course for the French Episcopate Address by the Holy Father Leo XIV during his meeting with the Catholic bishops of France 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/09/27/how-can-we-renew-hope-in-the-context-of-a-new-missionary-drive-leo-xiv-charts-the-course-for-the-french-episcopate/ #Catholic #Zenit #Bishop #Hope

What is my deepest thirst? What am I really seeking in life? Leo XIV’s thoughtful response before 1 million French people Homily by Pope Leo XIV at the Mass attended by a large crowd in the capital of France 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/09/26/what-is-my-deepest-thirst-what-am-i-really-seeking-in-life-leo-xivs-thoughtful-response-before-1-million-french-people/ #Catholic #Zenit #PopeLeo #Mass

Priests Carry Names of Children Killed in Gaza and Lebanon Through Rome, Urging a Return to Diplomacy The shroud, they said, commemorated children killed in the months after ceasefires were announced in Gaza and Lebanon. The network reported that more than 300 children had died in Gaza since October 2025 and around 150 in Lebanon over the previous five months.... 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/09/24/priests-carry-names-of-children-killed-in-gaza-and-lebanon-through-rome-urging-a-return-to-diplomacy/ #Catholic #Zenit #Christian

Director of the Recollectio-Haus, a center founded by the monk Anselm Grün: We no longer accept abusers She told katholisch.de that excluding abusers is necessary to protect other participants, some of whom may themselves be survivors and could be retraumatized by sharing a therapeutic setting with a perpetrator. The centre’s purpose, she stressed, is... 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/09/24/director-of-the-recollectio-haus-a-center-founded-by-the-monk-anselm-grun-we-no-longer-accept-abusers/ #Catholic #Zenit #Christian

Stephen Colbert and Scott Brick will narrate the first English-language audiobook by Pope Leo XIV The collection also shows a future Pope addressing a world already marked by the tensions that would later become familiar features of his pontificate: the consequences of September 11, political ideologies, poverty, conflict and questions surrounding human rights. The publisher presents these writings as an opportunity to see the reasoning behind some of Prevost's contemplative r... 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/09/18/stephen-colbert-and-scott-brick-will-narrate-the-first-english-language-audiobook-by-pope-leo-xiv/ #Catholic #Zenit #PopeLeo

Vatican Children’s Hospital: No. 1 in Europe, No. 4 in the world, according to a new ranking The Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, owned by the Holy See, has risen to fourth place worldwide in the 2027 Newsweek–Statista ranking of specialized pediatric hospitals, moving up two positions from the previous edition and retaining its position as the leading pediatric hospital in Europe The post Vatican Children’s Hospital: No. 1 in Europe, No. 4 in the world, according to a new ra... 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/09/19/vatican-childrens-hospital-no-1-in-europe-no-4-in-the-world-according-to-a-new-ranking/ #Catholic #Zenit #Vatican

Great Britain Rejects Assisted Suicide in a Close Vote The 16-vote defeat on September 11 was striking not only because the proposal failed, but because of how dramatically the political landscape had shifted 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/09/14/great-britain-rejects-assisted-suicide-in-a-close-vote/ #Catholic #Zenit #Christian

After four years, the conciliar rite returns to the Syro-Malabar Cathedral in Ernakulam The agreement aimed at resolving the serious dispute over the liturgy within the Syro-Malabar Church was implemented for the first time yesterday at the Cathedral Basilica of St Mary in Kochi, which had become the epicentre of the tensions. 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/09/07/after-four-years-the-conciliar-rite-returns-to-the-syro-malabar-cathedral-in-ernakulam/ #Catholic #Zenit #Church #Christian

No More Fake Priests: Brazilian Archdiocese Issues Guidelines Regulating the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Communications The guidelines apply broadly to bishops, priests, deacons, ministers, pastoral workers, communicators and the wider Catholic community of the Archdiocese of Aracaju 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/09/07/no-more-fake-priests-brazilian-archdiocese-issues-guidelines-regulating-the-use-of-artificial-intelligence-in-communications/ #Catholic #Zenit #Bishop #Christian

The “hybrid mission”: How young people live their faith and seek it out—online or in person? What research reveals The screen appears to be a gateway rather than necessarily a destination 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/08/25/the-hybrid-mission-how-young-people-live-their-faith-and-seek-it-out-online-or-in-person-what-research-reveals/ #Catholic #Zenit #Faith #Christian

France legalizes euthanasia but also safeguards the right to conscientious objection The decision does not overturn France’s legalization of euthanasia. Rather, it establishes a boundary around the institutions and individuals expected to participate in the new system—and, in doing so, gives religious freedom a significant foothold within a law that had initially offered little room for conscientious dissent The post France legalizes euthanasia but also safeguards the right to... 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/08/25/france-legalizes-euthanasia-but-also-safeguards-the-right-to-conscientious-objection/ #Catholic #Zenit #Christian

A Catholic Revival Is Taking Root on America’s College Campuses, according to new research The numbers become even harder to dismiss when sacramental life is considered alongside them. 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/08/25/a-catholic-revival-is-taking-root-on-americas-college-campuses-according-to-new-research/ #Catholic #Zenit #Christian

Another change (and not a minor one): Leo XIV completely replaces Pope Francis’s Vatican law Leo XIV Rewrites the Vatican’s Constitutional Logic, Returning Papal Sovereignty to Its Legal Foundations 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/08/08/another-change-and-not-a-minor-one-leo-xiv-completely-replaces-pope-franciss-vatican-law/ #Catholic #Zenit #PopeFrancis #Vatican

Official Hymn of World Youth Day Seoul 2027 With one year to go until World Youth Day Seoul 2027, the oficial hymn "Confidite, Ego Vici Mundum" (“Take courage! I have overcome the world") was unveiled. 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/08/03/official-hymn-of-world-youth-day-seoul-2027/ #Catholic #Zenit #Christian

German priests loyal to the Pope respond to their own bishop (and cardinal), who is pressuring them to bless same-sex couples in a major diocese Twenty-six priests have written to Cardinal Reinhard Marx challenging his recommendation that Germany's national guidelines for blessing couples in irregular situations, including same-sex couples, be implemented in the archdiocese. If the cardinal's response does not resolve their concerns, the priests say they may ask the Holy See f... 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/07/24/german-priests-loyal-to-the-pope-respond-to-their-own-bishop-and-cardinal-who-is-pressuring-them-to-bless-same-sex-couples-in-a-major-diocese/ #Catholic #Zenit #Bishop

Franciscans Ask Marco Rubio for Help in the Face of Persecution by Jewish Settlers Affecting Christians (and Others) in the Holy Land The Franciscan concern is not isolated. Church leaders in Jerusalem have repeatedly denounced vandalism, desecration, spitting at clergy and verbal and physical attacks attributed to extremist ultra-Orthodox Jewish elements... 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/07/24/franciscans-ask-marco-rubio-for-help-in-the-face-of-persecution-by-jewish-settlers-affecting-christians-and-others-in-the-holy-land/ #Catholic #Zenit #Franciscan

Against the Unity Pope Leo XIV Seeks: Gestures and Words from Bishops That Fuel Polarization and Cause Confusion Why is there so much controversy regarding key aspects of the Church's internal life? Is the Church divided and in conflict, or is there more noise than peace? Does the Pope lean toward one tendency while alienating another? Answering these questions requires three clarifications to understand what is happening in the Church today. The post Against the Unity Pope Le... 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/07/24/against-the-unity-pope-leo-xiv-seeks-gestures-and-words-from-bishops-that-fuel-polarization-and-cause-confusion/ #Catholic #Zenit #PopeLeo