Scotland: The First Country to Allow Abortion Until the Baby Is Born

Sep 10, 2026 10:39

Elizabeth Owens

First Minister of Scotland John Swinney

Analysis Opinion

Elections in Germany and the AfD Victory: From Luther to Sigmund

The AfD’s victory in Luther’s home state confirms the electoral geography mapped out in 2021, yet with significant new developments: the cradle of the Reformation is now the epicenter of dissent against the religious establishment. And this is just the beginning.

Sep 09, 2026 10:29

Simone Varisco

Bioethics•Local Church•Religious Freedom

The Catholic Church in Poland Takes a Stand on Surrogacy and Faces a Battle to Defend Religious Education Classes

The bishops’ objection goes far beyond the legal status of surrogacy. Their central concern is that the arrangement risks transforming both motherhood and childhood into objects of a contractual transaction.

Sep 09, 2026 10:26

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Holy Land•Local Church

Cardinal Pizzaballa launches an initiative for a Jerusalem open to all

The Latin Patriarch, in cooperation with the University of Notre Dame, inaugurated Within Your Gates, a forum that brings together scholars, religious, and civic leaders to study and publicise the “universal vocation of Jerusalem”. The prelate asks “with honesty and humility” what purpose this city serves and what it asks of us.

Sep 09, 2026 10:21

ZENIT Staff

Euthanasia

Netherlands Records Its First Case of Child Euthanasia

This is the first case file received in the Netherlands requesting euthanasia for a child since the expansion of euthanasia legislation in 2024. Previously, euthanasia could already be requested for infants under one year of age and for children over twelve.

Sep 09, 2026 10:14

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

Leo XIV Returns to Peru: Government to Invest $18 Million

The government authorized the transfer of the funds to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to organize the Pope’s visit from November 11 to 16, according to a supreme decree published in the country’s official gazette on September 5.

Sep 09, 2026 10:08

Enrique Villegas

What is the value of human activity in the world? Pope Leo XIV answers

Pope’s General Audience, September 23, 2026, on the meaning of human activity in the universe

Vatican Announces Winner of the “Nobel Prize in Theology”: The 2026 Ratzinger Prize

The Prize will be awarded by the Holy Father Leo XIV on 19 December at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. The Prize is awarded to scholars who have distinguished themselves through outstanding achievements in publication and scientific research. Nominations for the Prize are submitted to the Holy Father, for his approval, by the Foundation’s Scientific Committee.

Scotland: The First Country to Allow Abortion Until the Baby Is Born

Nigeria: 3,000 people killed and 3,000 kidnapped: the toll of anti-Christian persecution in the first 8 months of 2026

Analysis: Elections in Israel. The ‘Arab factor’ between Eisenkot and Netanyahu

Canadian Chaplains and the Boundaries of State Neutrality

More committees and projects? The path proposed by Pope Leo XIV as a response to divisions

Can Europe Force the Church to Erase a Baptism? A Belgian Case Puts Religious Freedom Before the EU Court

Human Dignity as Explained by Leo XIV

Elections in Germany and the AfD Victory: From Luther to Sigmund

The Catholic Church in Poland Takes a Stand on Surrogacy and Faces a Battle to Defend Religious Education Classes

Cardinal Pizzaballa launches an initiative for a Jerusalem open to all

Netherlands Records Its First Case of Child Euthanasia

Leo XIV Returns to Peru: Government to Invest $18 Million