Priests Carry Names of Children Killed in Gaza and Lebanon Through Rome, Urging a Return to Diplomacy

Sep 24, 2026 18:42

Valentina di Giorgio

The gathering marked one year since the international network Priests Against Genocide first met Photo: ANSA

Analysis Opinion•Holy Land

AI and materials analysis offer new insights into the Qumran scrolls

“Tracing Scribes and Scrolls” is a research project investigating the provenance of the texts from the ancient Dead Sea Library. Dating from the 3rd century BC to the 1st century AD, they are written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. Ranging from biblical books to wisdom literature, they provide a window into the pluralism of the Second Temple period.

Aug 18, 2026 18:54

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Justice and Peace•Pope Leo XIV

Leo XIV Speaks Out in Support of Palestinians Attacked by Jewish Settlers in Tierra Sana: Here’s What’s Happening

The episode has become more than another isolated clash in the West Bank. It has exposed, in a matter of days, the convergence of three increasingly serious problems: settler violence, the difficulty of protecting Palestinian civilians under occupation, and the weakening of the institutions that provide basic services to them.

Aug 16, 2026 11:43

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

Israel Declares the Only Entirely Christian City in the Holy Land a “Closed Military Zone”

For Taybeh’s Christian community, protection will be measured not by the announcement but by whether armed settlers are actually prevented from entering private property, damaging farmland and intimidating residents

Aug 13, 2026 10:36

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Justice and Peace•Persecuted Christians

Franciscans Ask Marco Rubio for Help in the Face of Persecution by Jewish Settlers Affecting Christians (and Others) in the Holy Land

The Franciscan concern is not isolated. Church leaders in Jerusalem have repeatedly denounced vandalism, desecration, spitting at clergy and verbal and physical attacks attributed to extremist ultra-Orthodox Jewish elements

Jul 24, 2026 19:38

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Holy Land•Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

The Christian Presence in the Holy Land Is Being Squeezed from Every Direction

The central question is therefore not simply whether Christianity can survive in the Holy Land. It is whether the international community will accept a future in which the ancient Christian communities of the region remain only as monuments, while the people who gave those places their living meaning are gradually forced to leave

Jul 22, 2026 14:07

ZENIT Staff

[PHOTO GALLERY] In the Vatican Gardens, Pope Leo XIV opens a World Week of Prayer for Peace with hundreds of children

The initiative runs from 1 to 7 October and unites children, families, schools, parishes, and communities around the world in a single prayer.

Leo XIV Goes to Argentina: How Popular Is the Pope in Francis’s Home Country? Study Published

The figures, released on September 23 by the polling firm Zuban Córdoba, provide an early indication of the reception Leo XIV may encounter when he reaches Argentina from Uruguay. The survey was conducted from September 16 to 19 among 2,000 people across the country, with a 95 percent confidence level, according to the pollster.

Priests Carry Names of Children Killed in Gaza and Lebanon Through Rome, Urging a Return to Diplomacy

The Surprising Results of the Excavations and Restoration of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem

Cardinal Pizzaballa launches an initiative for a Jerusalem open to all

Does a fire miraculously ignite at the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem? The matter ends up in court. A Greek court provides an answer

These are not isolated incidents: Violence by Israelis against Palestinian Christians (and others) is on the rise

Israeli court sentences Jewish man who attacked and kicked a Catholic nun in Jerusalem to 6 years in a psychiatric hospital

Israel Turns Archaeology into a Tool for Annexation: How It Seized the Site Linked to the Tomb of John the Baptist

AI and materials analysis offer new insights into the Qumran scrolls

Leo XIV Speaks Out in Support of Palestinians Attacked by Jewish Settlers in Tierra Sana: Here’s What’s Happening

Israel Declares the Only Entirely Christian City in the Holy Land a “Closed Military Zone”

Franciscans Ask Marco Rubio for Help in the Face of Persecution by Jewish Settlers Affecting Christians (and Others) in the Holy Land

The Christian Presence in the Holy Land Is Being Squeezed from Every Direction