Late-night vote in the British Parliament gives the green light to abortion even at 9 months

Mar 19, 2026 10:24

ZENIT Staff

British Parliament

Local Church•Pro Life

Notre Dame University Backs Away from a Contested Appointment

On February 26, the administration of University of Notre Dame confirmed that Professor Susan Ostermann will not assume the directorship of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, a post she had been scheduled to take up in July 2026

Feb 27, 2026 12:34

Tim Daniels

Pro Life

America’s Quiet Demographic Turn: Birth Rates Dip Again

For decades, demographic decline was framed in American discourse as someone else’s problem—Japan’s, Italy’s, South Korea’s. The latest U.S. figures suggest that the same structural challenges are now firmly at home.

Feb 24, 2026 23:30

Tim Daniels

Pro Life

Report shows that 2 out of 3 babies killed by abortion in the US owe their deaths to the abortion pill

If the data cited in the February 2026 report hold, the epicenter of the abortion debate has shifted decisively from operating rooms to online portals — and the next chapter will likely be written in statutes governing liability, medical standards, and the limits of remote medicine

Feb 20, 2026 11:58

ZENIT Staff

Pro Life•Testimonies

Puerto Rico’s pro-life governor redefines the concept of “human being” in criminal law, opening a new phase in the abortion debate

Puerto Rico has inserted the question of unborn personhood more deeply into its legal code. In doing so, it has not only amended a statute but intensified a debate that extends well beyond the island’s shores

Feb 17, 2026 18:10

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pro Life

Notre Dame “Catholic” University against (at least) nine American bishops (including the president of the Episcopal Conference)

As the most prominent Catholic university in the United States, its decisions reverberate nationally and internationally. When bishops speak in unusually unified tones — at least nine within days — the signal is unmistakable: they perceive not a routine hiring matter, but a test of identity

Feb 17, 2026 16:43

ZENIT Staff

A Church Against the Logic of War: Vatican Voices, Middle East Realities, and the Risk of a Vanishing Christianity

Parolin, speaking on the sidelines of a book presentation dedicated to Pope Leo XIV, framed the current moment as one of dangerous escalation. His message was directed not only at Washington but also at Israel: conflicts must be resolved through diplomacy, not force

Pope Leo XIV summons bishops to Rome to discuss the reimplementation of the controversial Amoris Laetitia

The Pope has invited the presidents of the world’s Episcopal Conferences to Rome to discern the steps to be taken to proclaim the Gospel to today’s families, in light of Amoris Laetitia

Late-night vote in the British Parliament gives the green light to abortion even at 9 months

Canada Nears 100,000 «Assisted Deaths». Euthanasia Debate Enters a New Phase

One in four Americans supports abortion in all circumstances: data reveals a nation still searching for consensus

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

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

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

Leo XIV perfects the mission of the Pontifical Academy for Life

Notre Dame University Backs Away from a Contested Appointment

America’s Quiet Demographic Turn: Birth Rates Dip Again

Report shows that 2 out of 3 babies killed by abortion in the US owe their deaths to the abortion pill

Puerto Rico’s pro-life governor redefines the concept of “human being” in criminal law, opening a new phase in the abortion debate

Notre Dame “Catholic” University against (at least) nine American bishops (including the president of the Episcopal Conference)