A Phone Call in Times of War: Pope Leo XIV Answers a Call from the President of Palestine

Mar 17, 2026 17:28

ZENIT Staff

Leo XIV greets Abbas at the Vatican. Photo: @HANDOUT

Holy Land•Justice and Peace

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

Two Palestinian brothers were shot dead in a raid in Qaryut, south of Nablus. New attacks and assaults also in the Christian village of Taybeh. Fr Bashar: not isolated incidents, but a ‘growing pattern of violence’ that raises “concerns”. Barriers and isolation, the West Bank increasingly similar to the Strip, victim of ‘state violence’.

Mar 04, 2026 09:33

ZENIT Staff

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

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

Holy Land

Historic: Doors of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem Are Removed for Restoration

While awaiting the return of the 12th century doors to their original position, an exceptional scene was witnessed: they were replaced by panels with photo reproductions of the original doors to maintain the illusion of their presence.

Mar 01, 2026 09:59

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Holy Land

Israeli government announces new museum dedicated to the baptism of Jesus

Known in Arabic as Al-Maghtas, meaning “the immersion,” Qasr el Yahud occupies a liminal geography both spiritually and historically. It stands at the threshold between desert and river, promise and fulfillment, and has long been embedded in Christian memory as a site of epiphany and renewal

Feb 28, 2026 20:43

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A Phone Call in Times of War: Pope Leo XIV Answers a Call from the President of Palestine

The Middle East on the Brink of Collapse: Another Call for Peace from the Pope, the Death of a Member of the Order of Malta in Lebanon, and Bombings at Shepherds’ Fields in Bethlehem

The last historic Christian village in the Holy Land, threatened with annexation by the Jewish state of Israel

This was the funeral of the Lebanese Catholic priest who died in Israeli army bombings

Lebanon requests diplomatic mediation from the Vatican to prevent Israel from attacking or displacing Catholic communities in the south of the country

Israeli Jewish army causes death of Catholic priest in Lebanon and displaces thousands of Catholics from southern Lebanon

Vatican questions “preventive” war in Iran as Leo XIV intensifies diplomatic calls for peace

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

Lebanon: more than 30,000 displaced by escalating violence

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

Historic: Doors of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem Are Removed for Restoration

Israeli government announces new museum dedicated to the baptism of Jesus