Gaza parish priest: Gaza is a ‘cage’ where bombs kill (also) hope. The need for a truce

Jul 06, 2025 23:20

ZENIT Staff

Fr Gabriel Romanelli, the parish priest of Gaza’s Holy Family Latin Church Photo: ILQUDDAS ARA

Justice and Peace

Nation Divided: New Pew Survey Reveals Deep Rifts Over Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

According to the poll, conducted in early June and released just before federal troops were deployed to quell protests in Los Angeles, 47 percent of Americans disapprove of the administration’s approach to immigration, while 42 percent approve

Jun 25, 2025 18:52

Tim Daniels

Justice and Peace•Pope Francis

Jubilee Report: a plan commissioned by Pope Francis about the debt of the poor countries

The report drafted for the late pope by a group of economists led by Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz has been released. The study calls for a new global initiative for the most indebted poor countries but also lays out the rules for fairer finance to avoid perpetuating the same problem.

Jun 25, 2025 18:49

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Rome

Parliamentarians from around the world gather in Rome to discuss interfaith dialogue

The Conference brought together hundreds of MPs, including Speakers, as well as religious leaders, UN officials, civil society representatives, and international experts from close to 100 countries, responding to the motto of the Jubilee Year to be “pilgrims of hope” amid a climate of growing conflict, polarization and the weaponization of religion.

Jun 23, 2025 17:29

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Local Church

Mexico Is the Most Dangerous Country for Priests

In 2024 alone, 850 cases of extortion and death threats against priests were recorded, in addition to attacks against 26 churches across the country.

Jun 22, 2025 07:31

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Cardinals and Bishops•Justice and Peace

Israel Asks for Peace Yet Invades Iran: The Logic of Reasoning of the Only «Iranian Cardinal»

Iran is home to Christian communities with a small number of Catholics among its population of 82 million, the vast majority of whom are Muslim: 90% Shi’ite and 5% Sunni. There are 22,000 Catholics among Assyrian, Armenian, and Latin-Rite faithful, in addition to immigrant foreigners.

Jun 22, 2025 07:27

Rafael Llanes

“As King of Peace”: Leo XIV’s first homily (almost poetic and prayer-like) on Palm Sunday, delivered to a world at war

Homily by Pope Leo XIV on Palm Sunday 2026

Pope Meets with Israeli and Palestinian Women at the Vatican

Layla al-Sheik, a Palestinian mother who lost her son Qusay in the Second Intifada, and Elana Kaminka, mother of Yannai, an Israeli soldier killed on October 7, shared their memories with their children and future generations, urging them to build a better future.

Gaza parish priest: Gaza is a ‘cage’ where bombs kill (also) hope. The need for a truce

Statement by then Father Prevost, now Leo XIV, against the death penalty in the U.S. comes to light

Hunger as a weapon of war: this is what Pope Leo XIV’s letter to the President of FAO says

Supreme Court Backs Parental Rights in Landmark Ruling on LGBTQ+ Curriculum in Public Schools

Food as a weapon of war: Caritas Denounces Weaponization of Food on Gaza

Vatican publishes the note ‘Jubilee 2025: remission of the ecological debt’

Pope Leo XIV publicly notes deterioration of international and humanitarian law

Nation Divided: New Pew Survey Reveals Deep Rifts Over Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Jubilee Report: a plan commissioned by Pope Francis about the debt of the poor countries

Parliamentarians from around the world gather in Rome to discuss interfaith dialogue

Mexico Is the Most Dangerous Country for Priests

Israel Asks for Peace Yet Invades Iran: The Logic of Reasoning of the Only «Iranian Cardinal»