Francis’ Old Popemobile Awaits Permission of the Israeli government to Become Gaza’s “Vehicle of Hope”

Nov 27, 2025 18:01

What was a symbol of pastoral closeness during the pontiff’s 2014 visit now stands ready as a mobile clinic for Gaza’s children Photo: AP

Holy Land

Patriarch of Jerusalem on the flotilla intercepted by Israel: “They do not bring anything concrete to the people of Gaza”

Cardinal Pizzaballa’s Measured Voice Amid the Clamor Over Gaza and the “Flotilla Effect”

Oct 03, 2025 15:39

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Local Church

Catholic Church in Italy announces funding for new hospital in Gaza

The hospital represents only one dimension of a broader strategy of solidarity. Italian bishops committed to addressing pressing needs for families, parishes, and young people in the region, ranging from food and housing to employment and education

Oct 01, 2025 16:56

Valentina di Giorgio

Holy Land•Justice and Peace•Local Church•Pope Leo XIV•Pro Life

Pope Leo XIV comments on Trump’s peace plan for Gaza (and other current topics of general interest)

The Pope began with words of cautious encouragement regarding the proposed peace plan for Gaza, a 20-point framework unveiled by President Donald Trump with the endorsement of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Oct 01, 2025 10:45

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians

Christian leaders in the Holy Land condemn Israeli local government threat to confiscate Armenian church property

We further join the Armenian Patriarchate in calling upon the offices of the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister to intervene by urging the competent authorities to suspend the current legal proceedings and to ensure that any further deliberations on this matter are referred to the appropriate venues

Sep 29, 2025 11:52

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Holy Land

The Bethlehem organ plays again after eight centuries of silence

This extraordinary discovery marks a turning point in European organology studies and restores to the world a sound heritage once thought lost.

Sep 22, 2025 18:00

ZENIT Staff

From Africa to Spain via Monaco: this is Leo XIV’s global travel schedule for 2026

The schedule outlines three distinct journeys: a ten-day pilgrimage across four African nations, a one-day visit to Monaco, and a six-day trip to Spain that will culminate in the Canary Islands. Together, they form a carefully calibrated map of priorities that blends history, diplomacy, evangelization and social concern.

Did Pope Leo XIV speak out against the Spanish party Vox, which is aligned with the Trump administration?

The episode underscores how quickly nuanced papal language can be refracted through national political debates—and how carefully episcopal conferences now feel compelled to guard the boundary between pastoral guidance and partisan interpretation

Francis’ Old Popemobile Awaits Permission of the Israeli government to Become Gaza’s “Vehicle of Hope”

Gaza: the ongoing grave situation and persecution of settlers in occupied Palestine

Archaeologists Identify the Site Where Jesus Exorcised the Legion of Demons and the Herd of Pigs

Chilean cardinal of Palestinian origin offers to mediate conflict in the Holy Land on behalf of the Pope

Israel’s “administrative” detentions of Palestinian Christians: the case of Layan Nasir

Netanyahu at the UN: Palestinian Christians Denounce a Lie

Priests and nuns from the Catholic parish in Gaza are recognized with an international award

Patriarch of Jerusalem on the flotilla intercepted by Israel: “They do not bring anything concrete to the people of Gaza”

Catholic Church in Italy announces funding for new hospital in Gaza

Pope Leo XIV comments on Trump’s peace plan for Gaza (and other current topics of general interest)

Christian leaders in the Holy Land condemn Israeli local government threat to confiscate Armenian church property

The Bethlehem organ plays again after eight centuries of silence