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Israel unprecedented expropriation of Palestinian land

The Israeli association that fights against the political use of urban planning in the West Bank to seize land from Palestinians explains the bad faith of the rule that requires proof of ownership in Area C. At stake is 58% of the land in a context where there was no land registry before 1967. Activists and NGOs speak of an ‘unprecedented measure’ since the Six-Day War. Michal Braier: “discriminatory” legal system, ‘systematic’ expropriation to favour settlements.

Feb 19, 2026 16:52

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

The 4 tasks Pope Leo XIV gave to the Legionaries of Christ: charism, authority, missionary unity, and synodality

Pope’s address to the Legionaries of Christ during an audience on the occasion of their General Chapter

Feb 19, 2026 16:17

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

“The missionary scope of Lent”: Pope Leo XIV’s Ash Wednesday homily, with which he opens his first Lent

Homily of Pope Leo XIV on Ash Wednesday, 2026

Feb 18, 2026 17:36

ZENIT Staff

General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

What does it mean that the Church is the mystery made perceptible? Pope Leo XIV explains it

Pope’s general audience, February 18, 2026, on the Church as mystery and sacrament

Feb 18, 2026 17:28

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

“May the Pope retain his complete freedom to speak the truth and proclaim Jesus Christ,” asks Leo XIV

Address of the Pope to the members of the Pro Petri Sede Association

Feb 18, 2026 16:33

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Pro Life•Testimonies

Puerto Rico’s pro-life governor redefines the concept of “human being” in criminal law, opening a new phase in the abortion debate

Puerto Rico has inserted the question of unborn personhood more deeply into its legal code. In doing so, it has not only amended a statute but intensified a debate that extends well beyond the island’s shores

Feb 17, 2026 18:10

ZENIT Staff

Rome

ACI Prensa and Catholic News Agency will disappear: they will be merged into the new EWTN News

The strategic shift reflects a maturation of EWTN’s news enterprise. What began as parallel regional operations reporting from the United States, Peru, the Vatican, Kenya, Brazil, Germany, Italy and Iraq is now being streamlined into a coordinated global newsroom

Feb 17, 2026 17:22

ZENIT Staff

Marriage and Family

Chinese government announces ban on online and AI content that discourages marriage or having children

By including “fear of marriage” and “childbirth anxiety” among prohibited themes, the latest campaign highlights how demographic policy has migrated into the realm of content control

Feb 17, 2026 17:05

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pro Life

Notre Dame “Catholic” University against (at least) nine American bishops (including the president of the Episcopal Conference)

As the most prominent Catholic university in the United States, its decisions reverberate nationally and internationally. When bishops speak in unusually unified tones — at least nine within days — the signal is unmistakable: they perceive not a routine hiring matter, but a test of identity

Feb 17, 2026 16:43

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Justice and Peace•Religious Freedom

USA: Judge orders that migrants detained by ICE be allowed to receive ashes on Wednesday, 2026

He has ordered both sides to confer not only about Ash Wednesday but also about ongoing ministry at Broadview, including whether clergy may pray inside and outside the facility and interact directly with detainees

Feb 17, 2026 16:34

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Local Church

Number of Dutch Catholics on the Rise: Dutch Episcopal Conference Releases Data

The number of new members of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands increased significantly in 2024. Compared to 2023, the total number of adults who joined, with or without Baptism, increased by almost 40%.

Feb 17, 2026 10:00

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

Digital, cultural, conservation, and even interactive: these are the projects launched to mark the 400th anniversary of St. Peter’s Basilica

The IV Centenary of the Dedication represents an opportunity to remember and look to the future: relaunch of the «Digital Mission of the outgoing Basilica»; Eni’s cutting-edge technologies and skills at the service of pilgrims and visitors to get to know, experience and interact with the Vatican Basilica

Feb 16, 2026 17:44

ZENIT Staff

A Pope’s Letter to a Newspaper: Leo XIV Reflects on 150 Years of Journalism in a Changing World

Another dimension Leo XIV emphasized was the human element of storytelling. Technology may accelerate the flow of information, he observed, but experience and judgment remain essential for interpreting events and giving them meaning

The Middle East, the spread of war, and the position of the Pope and the Catholic Church

As the Middle East faces the prospect of a broader regional war, the Vatican’s hope remains that diplomacy — not missiles — will ultimately shape the future of the region.