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UN Agencies Call to Censor Pro-Life Speech

Digital platforms should be held accountable for allowing misinformation on abortion. These agencies working in tandem say pro-life speech is tantamount to “misinformation” and should be stopped.

Feb 08, 2026 23:25

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

10 Years On: Recognition of ISIS Genocide Must Lead to Renewed Action to Protect Religious Minorities

Experts call for renewed and robust action beyond recognition and remembrance. ISIS-affiliated groups and individuals inspired by its ideology remain active across multiple regions

Feb 08, 2026 23:19

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: “Sacrifice” and “Father” in Prayers of the Mass

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

Feb 08, 2026 23:09

ZENIT Staff

Angelus•Pope Leo XIV

Joy, the taste of life, and how to rekindle it: a simple meditation by Pope Leo XIV

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, February 8, 2026

Feb 08, 2026 22:47

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Marriage and Family

Men Are Happiest When They Do 2 Things, Data Shows

The 2022 General Social Survey found that men ages 18-55 report the highest levels of happiness when they’re married with children.

Feb 07, 2026 22:26

ZENIT Staff

Rome

The Consecrated Laity of Regnum Christi Renew Their Leadership

The election took place on Friday, February 6, during the General Assembly, held at the headquarters of the Direction of Consecrated Laity in the Italian capital.

Feb 06, 2026 21:36

ZENIT Staff

Marriage and Family•Pope Leo XIV

Reflections of Pope Leo XIV on the art of Christian education

Address of the Pope to participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life

Feb 06, 2026 17:39

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV Opens the Vatican Doors to the Only Orthodox Apostolate Accompanying Homosexual People to Live in Chastity

Members of Courage are men and women who experience same-sex attraction and who, inspired by the Gospel’s call to holiness and the Church’s beautiful teachings on the good and end of human sexuality, have freely chosen to live in chastity.

Feb 06, 2026 17:31

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Ethiopia: Catholic compound trashed and looted by clashing ethnic tribes

Father David Kulandai Samy of the Itang Catholic Mission returned to the Apostolic Vicariate of Gambella and Illubabor a month on from an «unforgettable» assault on his parish to discover bullet wounds in the walls of the presbytery, windows and church.

Feb 06, 2026 17:22

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

The Church Has Fallen: Chapnin Declares Moscow Patriarchate “No Longer Christian”

In a searing interview, the well-known Russian scholar and former church insider calls Kirill’s organization “a cheap para-religious cult” serving Putin.

Feb 05, 2026 17:33

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

Archdiocese of New York, its insurance company, and how it worked against it

The Church argues that the strategy was designed to serve Chubb’s own financial interests by inflating claims against the archdiocese—claims the insurer has been resisting since at least 2024, when the archdiocese formally sued Chubb for allegedly failing to pay covered abuse-related settlements

Feb 05, 2026 17:17

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Vatican City

“Pope Francis’ role” becomes central theme in new phase of trial against Cardinal Becciu and others

For the defense, these rescripts are the original sin of the entire process.

Feb 05, 2026 17:05

ZENIT Staff

Cuban bishops cancel special visit to the Pope: there is no gasoline in the country, not even for airplanes

When the visit is eventually rescheduled, it will likely carry an added layer of gravity. The reports the bishops bring to Rome will speak not only of parish life and vocations but also of blackouts, migration and the search for dialogue in a climate of scarcity

Pope Leo XIV Suppresses Body Created by Pope Francis: The Pontifical Committee for World Children’s Day

In a Chirograph, the Pope notes that he shares Pope Francis’s request «that the Church pay attention to children also by instituting a Day dedicated to them,» which implies that World Children’s Day will continue to be celebrated.