Holy Land: Cardinal Pizzaballa Says Palm Sunday Mass Ban in Jerusalem Was a Misunderstanding

Mar 29, 2026 17:28

ZENIT Staff

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa Photo: EFE/EPA/Ammar Awad

Gender Ideology•Justice and Peace•Woman

International Olympic Committee bans transgender men from competing against women in sports

In redefining who belongs where, the IOC is not merely regulating sport—it is, in effect, arbitrating one of the most sensitive anthropological debates of the modern era.

Mar 27, 2026 21:36

ZENIT Staff

Interview•Rome

Exorcisms, New Technologies, and Cults: A Step Toward Hell. Interview with a Leader of the World’s Exorcists

Leo XIV met with the leaders of the International Association of Exorcists. Among their priorities is the growing number of people who come to them after having been involved with a cult. The Internet also plays an important role, Vice-President Father Francesco Bamonte explained to La Bussola.

Mar 27, 2026 10:51

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

What do Americans consider moral and what don’t they? A study examines the morality of 15 behaviors

Perhaps the most revealing finding lies not in attitudes toward specific behaviors, but in how Americans judge one another. Only 47% of respondents describe their fellow citizens as morally good, while a majority—53%—say Americans are morally somewhat or very bad

Mar 27, 2026 10:49

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Justice and Peace•Young People

Meta and Google are liable for psychological harm, according to a lawsuit that was dismissed in U.S. courts

Landmark Verdict Against Tech Giants Redefines Responsibility for Social Media Harm

Mar 27, 2026 10:39

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Religious Freedom

This is what the 2026 Annual Report on Religious Freedom in Latin America states

The comprehensive assessment of how freedom of religion is threatened in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, and by organized crime, omits the stigmatization of “cults” in democratic countries.

Mar 27, 2026 10:30

ZENIT Staff

Under the agreement with China, Leo XIV appoints a new bishop

Chang Yanfeng, 42, was ordained bishop today under the Sino-Holy See agreement to a diocese that has been without its own pastor for 20 years. Just three weeks ago, the new prelate had to publicly commit the local Church to a controversial law designed to eliminate minorities.

Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of inspiration and sanctification

Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Orders in the United States

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Holy Land: Cardinal Pizzaballa Says Palm Sunday Mass Ban in Jerusalem Was a Misunderstanding

Louisville to pay $800K after court rules for Christian photographer

Pope Meets with Israeli and Palestinian Women at the Vatican

France is set to break conversion records this Easter: here are the numbers, the reasons, and the origins

More than 8,000 people will formally convert to Catholicism this Easter 2026 in the Diocese of Los Angeles alone

Cardinal Tagle to preside over the beatification of Fulton J. Sheen: here is the date and location

First female Anglican leader to visit Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican: here’s what we know

International Olympic Committee bans transgender men from competing against women in sports

Exorcisms, New Technologies, and Cults: A Step Toward Hell. Interview with a Leader of the World’s Exorcists

What do Americans consider moral and what don’t they? A study examines the morality of 15 behaviors

Meta and Google are liable for psychological harm, according to a lawsuit that was dismissed in U.S. courts

This is what the 2026 Annual Report on Religious Freedom in Latin America states