Luxembourg approves the killing of babies in the womb as a constitutional right

Mar 04, 2026 09:39

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Holy Land•Local Church

Lebanon: more than 30,000 displaced by escalating violence

According to local staff of Aid to the Church in Need in Lebanon, more than ten powerful airstrikes struck Beirut’s southern suburbs at around 2:30 a.m. on Monday. Explosions were heard far beyond the capital, including in the Keserwan region. Additional strikes targeted southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley.

Mar 03, 2026 08:41

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Young People

Beyond emotion: Spanish bishops publish a critique of the emotionalism of spiritual retreats

The note offers a careful critique of what contemporary philosophers have termed emotivism. In postmodern culture, the bishops observe, the “I feel, therefore I am” mentality often replaces the classical primacy of reason. Emotions, detached from truth and moral good, become sovereign

Mar 03, 2026 08:31

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Gender Ideology

In Canada, To Say That There Are Only Two Biological Sexes Costs $750,000: The Barry Neufeld Case

Barry Neufeld of Chilliwack in British Columbia was condemned by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal because «if a person chooses not to ‘believe’ that gender identity is separate from the sex assigned at birth, then they do not ‘believe’ in trans people. This is a form of existential denial.»

Mar 02, 2026 09:11

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Holy Land•Justice and Peace•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

Pope Leo XIV, the US-Iran war, and a forceful call in a Middle East on the brink of the abyss

The reverberations are being felt most acutely by Christian minorities already living on fragile ground

Mar 02, 2026 09:06

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church

German bishops ask Vatican to allow lay people to give homilies, despite rejection in 2023

What is clear is that the debate is no longer simply about who speaks from the ambo. It has become a test case for the limits of synodality, the reach of episcopal conferences, and the extent to which sacramental theology itself is open to reinterpretation

Mar 01, 2026 21:58

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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Luxembourg approves the killing of babies in the womb as a constitutional right

Settlers exploit war in Iran to commit new acts of violence in the West Bank

U.S. Supreme Court Halts California’s Secrecy Policy on Student Gender Transitions

Surprising study shows birth projections for 2026: only 8 out of every 100 babies will be born on three continents combined

Barcelona’s Basilica of the Holy Family Becomes Officially The Tallest in Europe

Leo XIV perfects the mission of the Pontifical Academy for Life

Synod Study Groups Signal Structural Shifts: Digital Jurisdiction and Women’s Role in Seminary Formation on the Vatican Table

Lebanon: more than 30,000 displaced by escalating violence

Beyond emotion: Spanish bishops publish a critique of the emotionalism of spiritual retreats

In Canada, To Say That There Are Only Two Biological Sexes Costs $750,000: The Barry Neufeld Case

Pope Leo XIV, the US-Iran war, and a forceful call in a Middle East on the brink of the abyss

German bishops ask Vatican to allow lay people to give homilies, despite rejection in 2023