Cardinal Zupi turns the names of children from Gaza into a 7-hour prayer by saying them one by one

Aug 23, 2025 01:10

Valentina di Giorgio

he read aloud—name by name—the children killed in the war between Israel and Hamas Photo: Screenshot

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Pope Leo XIV gives his pontifical miter to Chiclayo in Peru

The gesture was more than ceremonial. For many in Chiclayo, it was a reminder that the new pope—born Robert Francis Prevost in the United States but ordained to pastoral life in Peru—remains closely tied to the community where he lived and ministered for decades before becoming bishop and later rising to the papacy.

Aug 17, 2025 23:02

Enrique Villegas

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The 7th shrine dedicated to Mary, mother of persecuted Christians, will open in Iraq

The new shrine will stand within the recently built Church of St. Ephrem, its focal point an icon delivered this August by Father Benedict Kiely, founder of the Vermont-based charity Nasarean.org.

Aug 15, 2025 10:06

ZENIT Staff

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Nicaraguan dictatorship attacks the Church once again and expropriates school owned by nuns

After a government decree, the school has been renamed the “Bismarck Martínez Educational Center,” in honor of a Sandinista militant killed during the 2018 anti-government protests

Aug 15, 2025 10:02

Enrique Villegas

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Jewish state of Israel expels Catholic priest from its territory “for reasons of national security”

According to an expulsion order reviewed by ZENIT, the decision was justified on unspecified grounds of “national security.” The document stated that the priest would be removed “as soon as possible” and, until then, held in a designated location

Aug 14, 2025 18:14

ZENIT Staff

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British police arrest Catholic priest for publicly supporting the Palestinian cause

The arrests came in the wake of the UK government’s June 2025 decision to proscribe the organisation under terrorism legislation, a move that has polarised public opinion and drawn criticism from across the religious spectrum.

Aug 14, 2025 18:12

ZENIT Staff

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Leo XIV Becomes the Most Highly Rated International Leader in France, According to New Research

According to a Cluster 17 poll conducted on October 14 and 15, 65 percent of respondents expressed a “very good” or “fairly good” opinion of Leo XIV, making him the most positively regarded foreign political figure among those surveyed. The findings come weeks after his historic visit to France, during which more than one million people gathered in Paris, Lourdes and Metz.

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Address on the Occasion of the Angelus Prayer on Sunday, October 18, 2026

Cardinal Zupi turns the names of children from Gaza into a 7-hour prayer by saying them one by one

He resigns from the priesthood to run for office in Argentina. This is how the Church responds

Majority of Austrians in favor of preserving Christian elements (holidays and crosses) in the country’s public life

President of U.S. Bishops Conference Calls for Special Collection for Humanitarian Relief and Pastoral Support in Gaza

Pope Leo XIV will visit Lebanon, according to official statements by the Archbishop of Beirut

French archbishop reverses appointment of priest convicted of abuse

Pope Leo XIV to bishops of the Amazon: no to the worship of nature

Pope Leo XIV gives his pontifical miter to Chiclayo in Peru

The 7th shrine dedicated to Mary, mother of persecuted Christians, will open in Iraq

Nicaraguan dictatorship attacks the Church once again and expropriates school owned by nuns

Jewish state of Israel expels Catholic priest from its territory “for reasons of national security”

British police arrest Catholic priest for publicly supporting the Palestinian cause