The Grammar of Hate: An Interview with Bishop Rafic Nahra, Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem, on the Situation in the Holy Land

May 30, 2026 10:44

Simone Varisco

Photo: Caffe Storia

Cardinals and Bishops•Interview

The Consistory, The Situation of Christians in Iraq, and Their Return to Baghdad After a Brief Exile: An Interview with Cardinal Sako

Having participated on January 7-8, 2026, in the first Extraordinary Consistory of Pope Leo XIV in Rome, Cardinal Sako shares his reactions with ZENIT and discusses the Chaldean Church in Iraq.

Jan 28, 2026 10:59

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Interview

Watch: Interview with Israeli Jewish Catholic priest

In this last episode of the Common Home TV’s series: In the Shadows of the Holy Land. Neuhaus describes his life as a kind of apprenticeship in the margins, and argues that the political theology surrounding Israel and Palestine has become, in his view, a generator of violence.

Jan 19, 2026 17:04

ZENIT Staff

Interview•Pope Leo XIV

International news in an interview with Pope Leo XIV: Israel, Venezuela, the German synodal path, and a trip to Africa

Press conference with Pope Leo XIV on the flight from Lebanon to Italy

Dec 02, 2025 22:08

ZENIT Staff

Interview

Interview with Israeli Jesuit David Neuhaus: Deconstructing the Use of Religion to Justify the War

Truce: hope, goal, fragility, victory and defeat, prize, respite or illusion. The only feeling that is not out of place is hope. Father David Neuhaus (Jerusalem) on the challenge of deconstructing the use of religious texts to promote war, violence, and exclusion.

Oct 16, 2025 17:56

Simone Varisco

Interview•Justice and Peace•Vatican Diplomacy

Two years after October 7: interview with the Vatican Secretary of State on Hamas terrorism and the massacre in Gaza

The Holy See Secretary of State speaks to Vatican Media on the second anniversary of Hamas’s “inhuman” attack on Israel, which unleashed the destruction of the Gaza Strip. He says that what is happening in Gaza is “inhuman”, and that he’s struck by the turnout at peace marches. He adds that antisemitism is a cancer that must be eradicated.

Oct 06, 2025 11:14

ZENIT Staff

The topics the Pope will discuss with all the world’s cardinals in late June have been announced: liturgy is not on the agenda

The agenda itself is revealing. While speculation in some circles had focused on possible discussions concerning liturgical questions or curial reform, the Consistory will instead concentrate on issues that Leo XIV appears to regard as more urgent

Reflections by Leo XIV on certain elements that constitute the sacred liturgy, such as rite, sign, and symbol

The Pope’s General Audience, June 3, 2026, on certain elements that constitute the sacred liturgy, such as rites, signs, and symbols

The Grammar of Hate: An Interview with Bishop Rafic Nahra, Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem, on the Situation in the Holy Land

Here is what the Pope said in an interview upon his return to Rome regarding Iran, migration, the blessing of homosexuals, and war

Why Is the Pope Going to Lebanon? What Is the Dialogue with Muslims Like? And What Is the Role of Charles de Foucauld? ZENIT’s Interview with the Cardinal of Algeria

Exorcisms, New Technologies, and Cults: A Step Toward Hell. Interview with a Leader of the World’s Exorcists

Some Priests Need Therapy, and This Is Not a Sign of Weak Faith or Lack of Prayer, Says Father Mariusz Marszalek

Fr Sliman: As war affects daily life in Kuwait, the Church responds to the uncertainty

Preaching to the Pope and the Roman Curia: ZENIT Interviews the «Official» Preacher of the Papal Household

The Consistory, The Situation of Christians in Iraq, and Their Return to Baghdad After a Brief Exile: An Interview with Cardinal Sako

Watch: Interview with Israeli Jewish Catholic priest

International news in an interview with Pope Leo XIV: Israel, Venezuela, the German synodal path, and a trip to Africa

Interview with Israeli Jesuit David Neuhaus: Deconstructing the Use of Religion to Justify the War

Two years after October 7: interview with the Vatican Secretary of State on Hamas terrorism and the massacre in Gaza