Attacks by Jews against Christians in the Holy Land could exceed those of 2025, according to a new 2026 report

Jun 15, 2026 17:05

ZENIT Staff

Jewish settlers attack residents of Taybeh in the West Bank Photo: Vatican News

Analysis Opinion

“Magnifica Humanitas” and Xi Jinping’s Thought on AI: Same Problem, Different Solutions

A CCP essay and a papal encyclical both warn about AI’s promise and peril, yet their moral universes could not be farther apart.

May 29, 2026 16:51

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Israel: big moves for the post-7 October elections

The religious parties want to move up the vote to 15 September before Yom Kippur (and distance themselves from Netanyahu). The Bennett-Lapid alliance is failing in the polls, giving former General Eisenkot a chance to emerge as the top opposition leader. But no one seems to have the numbers to form a majority without the support Arab parties that Jewish parties reportedly want to keep at bay.

May 27, 2026 17:12

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Trump, the Pope, and the First «TikTok War»

«The first ‘TikTok War’ and the first internationally significant conflict in which we can observe an innovative application of artificial intelligence, particularly in its generative form,» explains Rassa Ghaffari, a researcher in Sociology, Migration Studies, and Gender Studies at the University of Genoa. «Generative AI has, in fact, ushered in new forms of information warfare that target perceptions, information environments, and trust.»

May 22, 2026 09:57

Simone Varisco

Analysis Opinion•Justice and Peace•Vatican Diplomacy

Arms Spending Reaches World Record: Holy See Is Only Country To Point It Out

The combined spending of the United States, Russia, and China accounts for 60% of all global military investment. Germany ranks fourth with $114 billion in expenditures, a 24% increase.

May 21, 2026 10:14

Rafael Llanes

Analysis Opinion•Marriage and Family

The Marriage Question in America: Why Fewer People Are Saying “I Do”

According to a report by the Heritage Foundation, marriage rates in the United States have undergone a dramatic transformation over the last half-century. In 1962, more than 90 percent of Americans had married by ages 30 to 35. By 2025, that figure had fallen to 55 percent

May 20, 2026 09:46

ZENIT Staff

Sovereign Order of the Temple of Christ Association

Pope Leo XIV Sued in Spanish Courts: The Case of the “Templars” Seeking Ecclesiastical Rehabilitation… and Money

At the center of the case is the suppression of the Order of the Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon. The modern organization presents itself as its heir and argues that Pope Clement V’s decision in 1312 was illegitimate, maintaining that the suppression took place under political pressure from King Philip IV of France.

Leo XIV Speaks Out in Support of Palestinians Attacked by Jewish Settlers in Tierra Sana: Here’s What’s Happening

The episode has become more than another isolated clash in the West Bank. It has exposed, in a matter of days, the convergence of three increasingly serious problems: settler violence, the difficulty of protecting Palestinian civilians under occupation, and the weakening of the institutions that provide basic services to them.

Attacks by Jews against Christians in the Holy Land could exceed those of 2025, according to a new 2026 report

Jewish settlers deliberately set fire to fields in the only entirely Christian village in the Holy Land

FIFA World Cup: 14 of the competing nations are marked by religious persecution or discrimination

Anthropic and Claude warn of the “recursive self-improvement” of artificial intelligence and its serious implications for humanity

Major Canadian newspaper acknowledges the falsehood of the allegations regarding mass graves of infants that were leveled against the Catholic Church and led to the burning of churches across the country

The Basilica of the Sagrada Familia and the Influence of Dom Guéranger, Founder of Solesmes, on Gaudí

The ecclesiastical hitchhiking of Russian priests

“Magnifica Humanitas” and Xi Jinping’s Thought on AI: Same Problem, Different Solutions

Israel: big moves for the post-7 October elections

Trump, the Pope, and the First «TikTok War»

Arms Spending Reaches World Record: Holy See Is Only Country To Point It Out

The Marriage Question in America: Why Fewer People Are Saying “I Do”