Clashes with the Syrians and Israeli reprisals: The fires that kindle Lebanon

Mar 27, 2025 22:00

The country of cedars is gradually, but with difficulty, freeing itself from the grip of Hezbollah and Iran. Photo: Asia News

Analysis Opinion

The False Photos of the Pope in Hospital: Such Are the Ones That Make Us Think

At first it was the jacket, inspired by Balenciaga’s rap-inspired white puffer jacket. Now it’s the time for oxygen masks. An evolution, if you can call it that, of Artificial Intelligence (AI), but not of the intelligence of those who use it.

Mar 03, 2025 06:36

Simone Varisco

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Persecuted Christians

After 112 vandalized churches, Canada ends funding for research on Catholic school tombs

The global uproar surrounding unmarked graves began in 2021 when the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation claimed to have discovered 215 burial sites at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. However, the claim was based solely on ground-penetrating radar scans, which detect soil disturbances but do not confirm the presence of human remains. In the years since, the claim has been revised from “215 graves” to “200 potential burials,” with no excavations providing further clarity.

Mar 02, 2025 18:44

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Religious Life in Post-Pandemic America: Change, Resilience, and Stability

As churches, mosques, synagogues, and temples closed their doors, many turned to livestreaming services online or broadcasting them on television.

Mar 02, 2025 18:41

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Court Ruling Declares Gestalt Therapy a Pseudoscience Amid Sect-Like Practices

The ruling follows years of legal battles after Santamaría and his colleagues published a 2022 report with the Institute Salud Sin Bulos, in which they argued that Gestalt Therapy is not only ineffective but also financially and psychologically harmful to those who undergo it.

Mar 02, 2025 18:37

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

In India, religion is the demographic hot button

India has the world’s third largest Muslim population (almost 200 million) behind Pakistan and Indonesia. Local BJP politicians frequently voice anti-Muslim sentiments, though party leadership under Prime Minister Narendra Modi stresses religious tolerance. Muslims are sceptical.

Feb 26, 2025 18:06

ZENIT Staff

Amid the polarization between Trump and Leo XIV, U.S. police respond to a bomb threat at the home of the Pope’s brother

Police in New Lenox, a suburban community outside Chicago, responded on the evening of April 15 at approximately 6:30 p.m. to reports of a bomb threat at the home of John Prevost, one of the Pope’s two older brothers

Leo XIV on TIME magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people

Pope Benedict XVI appeared three times, while Francis was featured on six occasions, reflecting different phases in the Church’s engagement with global issues

Clashes with the Syrians and Israeli reprisals: The fires that kindle Lebanon

‘A really positive contribution’: study reveals lifelong benefits of Catholic education

Oxford study confirms that “sex change” operations increase suicide and depression

World Leaders of the Left and Right Pronounce Themselves on Pope’s Health

Is There a Pre-Conclave Atmosphere in the Vatican? Cardinals From Around the World Break the Silence Given the Pope’s Health

Beijing calls Moscow to account for its new relationship with Trump

Geopolitics and Papal Elections

The False Photos of the Pope in Hospital: Such Are the Ones That Make Us Think

After 112 vandalized churches, Canada ends funding for research on Catholic school tombs

Religious Life in Post-Pandemic America: Change, Resilience, and Stability

Court Ruling Declares Gestalt Therapy a Pseudoscience Amid Sect-Like Practices

In India, religion is the demographic hot button