Vatican questions “preventive” war in Iran as Leo XIV intensifies diplomatic calls for peace

Mar 08, 2026 07:10

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Ash Wednesday, liturgy, and children

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

Mar 05, 2026 10:09

ZENIT Staff

Ecumenism

Global Anglican Communion to be led by a conciliar structure as opposed to the Anglican Church of England

If that shift continues, historians may eventually look back on the Abuja meeting not simply as another conference in an ongoing dispute, but as the moment when global Anglicanism began reorganizing itself around a new axis of leadership—one increasingly shaped by the churches of the Global South

Mar 05, 2026 09:53

Elizabeth Owens

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Pope Francis

This is how Catholicism declined in Latin America during Pope Francis’ pontificate

The pastoral challenge facing the Catholic Church in Latin America is therefore not the disappearance of faith, but the erosion of the institutional bonds that once sustained it.

Mar 05, 2026 09:47

Enrique Villegas

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

The Middle East, the spread of war, and the position of the Pope and the Catholic Church

As the Middle East faces the prospect of a broader regional war, the Vatican’s hope remains that diplomacy — not missiles — will ultimately shape the future of the region.

Mar 05, 2026 09:36

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Bioethics•Local Church

Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Bills Passed in the National Assembly: The Church in France Reacts

The French Bishops reaffirmed their profound opposition and spoke of an irreversible break with the ethical foundations of the society. They announced that they would continue to denounce this bill because «deliberately taking a life cannot constitute human progress.»

Mar 04, 2026 10:15

ZENIT Staff

Amid the polarization between Trump and Leo XIV, U.S. police respond to a bomb threat at the home of the Pope’s brother

Police in New Lenox, a suburban community outside Chicago, responded on the evening of April 15 at approximately 6:30 p.m. to reports of a bomb threat at the home of John Prevost, one of the Pope’s two older brothers

Leo XIV on TIME magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people

Pope Benedict XVI appeared three times, while Francis was featured on six occasions, reflecting different phases in the Church’s engagement with global issues

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Vatican questions “preventive” war in Iran as Leo XIV intensifies diplomatic calls for peace

In One Week 100,000 People Have Seen the Relics of Saint Francis of Assisi

An Italian: this is the Pope’s new ambassador “to” Donald Trump

Starting in the second half of 2026, there will be an admission fee to enter Cologne Cathedral

Poland’s Bishops Introduce Financial Penalties for Clergy Under Renewed Canon Law Discipline

Pro-life and anti-LGBT+: this is Trump’s new secretary of homeland security

War in the Middle East: Chapel and church buildings attacked in Iraq

Questions about liturgy: Ash Wednesday, liturgy, and children

Global Anglican Communion to be led by a conciliar structure as opposed to the Anglican Church of England

This is how Catholicism declined in Latin America during Pope Francis’ pontificate

The Middle East, the spread of war, and the position of the Pope and the Catholic Church

Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Bills Passed in the National Assembly: The Church in France Reacts