Jehovah’s Witnesses are open to the limited possibility of blood transfusions

Mar 24, 2026 18:00

The shift reflects an ongoing effort by the movement to navigate the interface between scriptural interpretation and modern medicine.

Holy Land•Justice and Peace•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

The last historic Christian village in the Holy Land, threatened with annexation by the Jewish state of Israel

The risk is not only that Christians will leave, but that one day they will be remembered as having once been there

Mar 16, 2026 10:31

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace

Europeans Create New Censorship Body

Those familiar with U.S. censorship and social control programs under the Obama and Biden administration will immediately recognize this rhetoric from the European Union

Mar 16, 2026 09:31

Stefano Gennarini

Justice and Peace•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican City

Some reflections with you on the relationship between the administration of justice and the value of unity, according to Pope Leo XIV

Address by the Holy Father on the occasion of the opening of the judicial year of the Tribunal of the Vatican City State

Mar 14, 2026 20:06

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Vatican Diplomacy

Results of Vatican diplomacy: Amid conflict with the U.S., Cuba will release prisoners

The decision underscores the continued relevance of Vatican diplomacy in Cuba. By combining moral appeals with patient negotiation, the Holy See has repeatedly succeeded in encouraging humanitarian gestures that might otherwise have remained politically impossibl

Mar 13, 2026 13:41

Enrique Villegas

Holy Land•Justice and Peace•Persecuted Christians•Vatican Diplomacy

Lebanon requests diplomatic mediation from the Vatican to prevent Israel from attacking or displacing Catholic communities in the south of the country

The Vatican response was cautious but attentive. Gallagher reportedly assured the Lebanese minister that the Holy See is maintaining diplomatic contacts aimed at halting the escalation and preventing further displacement of civilians

Mar 11, 2026 17:46

ZENIT Staff

Lebanon Turns to the Pope: Lebanese President Visits Leo XIV Amid the Israeli Siege

On Thursday, August 20, Pope Leo XIV received Aoun at the Apostolic Palace for a private meeting lasting around half an hour. The Lebanese president then held talks with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s secretary for relations with states and international organizations

What should the music be like during Mass (or in the liturgy in general)? Leo XIV provides the answer

Pope’s General Audience, August 19, 2026, on Sacred Music

Jehovah’s Witnesses are open to the limited possibility of blood transfusions

Trump responds to Pope Leo XIV: I don’t want a ceasefire

A Church Against the Logic of War: Vatican Voices, Middle East Realities, and the Risk of a Vanishing Christianity

Scotland Rejects Assisted Suicide Legislation

Unexpected: Vatican court rules trial against Cardinal Becciu partially invalid and orders a retrial

Bishop of El Paso to immigration agents: No one is obligated to follow an immoral law

The Middle East on the Brink of Collapse: Another Call for Peace from the Pope, the Death of a Member of the Order of Malta in Lebanon, and Bombings at Shepherds’ Fields in Bethlehem

The last historic Christian village in the Holy Land, threatened with annexation by the Jewish state of Israel

Europeans Create New Censorship Body

Some reflections with you on the relationship between the administration of justice and the value of unity, according to Pope Leo XIV

Results of Vatican diplomacy: Amid conflict with the U.S., Cuba will release prisoners

Lebanon requests diplomatic mediation from the Vatican to prevent Israel from attacking or displacing Catholic communities in the south of the country