Vatican questions “preventive” war in Iran as Leo XIV intensifies diplomatic calls for peace

Mar 08, 2026 07:10

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Ecumenism

Russia Calls Patriarch Bartholomew “Antichrist in a Cassock”

Russian Intelligence now presents itself as the ultimate arbiter of orthodoxy and theology

Feb 12, 2026 16:32

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Holy Shroud, medieval painting? The response of three Italian scientists to a Brazilian “researcher”

In the summer of 2025, Brazilian researcher Cicero Moraes published a digital modeling study proposing that the Shroud’s image could have been produced by pressing linen against a low-relief sculpture

Feb 11, 2026 18:25

Valentina di Giorgio

Analysis Opinion•Young People

Has Gen Z’s Relationship With Religion Really Shifted? A New Chapter in Belief

In the past few years, something new and complex has emerged: signs that parts of Generation Z are moving back toward belief—or at least toward spiritual engagement—in noticeable ways

Feb 10, 2026 10:52

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

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

15,000 police officers, 2,500 journalists… the surprising numbers (challenges and opportunities) surrounding the Pope’s visit to France

Leo XIV Heads to France as a Quiet Religious Revival Meets a Country in Search of Common Ground

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 responses to those challenges

Vatican questions “preventive” war in Iran as Leo XIV intensifies diplomatic calls for peace

This is how Catholicism declined in Latin America during Pope Francis’ pontificate

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

Surprising study shows birth projections for 2026: only 8 out of every 100 babies will be born on three continents combined

Beyond emotion: Spanish bishops publish a critique of the emotionalism of spiritual retreats

One in three Mexican bishops will be replaced by Pope Leo XIV between 2026 and 2027

Trumps and Americans of faith: New Data Reveal a Subtle but Significant Cooling Among Religious Voters in Trump’s Second Term

Russia Calls Patriarch Bartholomew “Antichrist in a Cassock”

Holy Shroud, medieval painting? The response of three Italian scientists to a Brazilian “researcher”

Has Gen Z’s Relationship With Religion Really Shifted? A New Chapter in Belief

Men Are Happiest When They Do 2 Things, Data Shows

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