This Is The New Pentecost Room at Notre Dame of Jerusalem Entrusted to the Legionaries of Christ

Jun 14, 2025 14:05

It is a space full of colour and movement: 119 life-size figures painted in oil on canvas Photo: Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

Holy Land

Israeli strikes on Beirut while Aoun is in Paris to shore up the fragile truce

The winds of war are blowing again between Israel and Lebanon after rockets are fired into Israel from Lebanon, followed by Israeli planes striking near the Lebanese capital. Hezbollah denies any involvement, and the agreement falters. President Aoun meets Macron and talks with Ahmad al-Shara to stabilise the border with Syria.

Apr 02, 2025 17:43

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land

Names of more than 50,000 people killed in Gaza by Israel published

The 981 page list makes chilling reading. One researcher said: «Reading out of names of the Gaza dead is a very spiritual ritual. Though at 10 names per minute it would take 83 hours non stop to read them all out

Mar 28, 2025 18:30

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Holy Land

Cardinal of Jerusalem: “I don’t know how we are still standing; the situation is against us”

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, described the worsening reality on the ground. «When the ceasefire in Gaza began, operations in the West Bank intensified,» he told a delegation from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) in Jerusalem. «Hundreds of new checkpoints were set up, particularly in places like Jenin, making life even more difficult for residents.»

Mar 27, 2025 22:04

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Holy Land

Clashes with the Syrians and Israeli reprisals: The fires that kindle Lebanon

At least seven deaths in a border area. The fragility of a frontier that has long been a free zone for trafficking and illicit trade. Fears of an escalation with the Jewish state and US manoeuvres for ‘normalisation’. In the spirit of the Abu Dhabi declaration, Christians and Muslims celebrate the feast of the Annunciation

Mar 27, 2025 22:00

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Testimonies•Woman

This was the 100th birthday of an Arab Catholic nun in the Holy Land

The gathering was filled with warmth and joy as attendees sang «Happy Birthday» in English and Arabic. Msgr. Marcuzzo then led prayers and hymns before delivering a speech reflecting on Sister Claude’s remarkable religious life.

Mar 25, 2025 19:57

ZENIT Staff

Leo XIV begins 2026 with a new papal staff: here is the meaning… and the photos

In a Church often scrutinized for its symbols, Leo XIV’s choice is neither ornamental nor nostalgic. It is a visual theology, compressed into metal and form, reminding both shepherd and faithful that the path forward passes through the wounds of history—but does not end there

Ordinary time, our baptism, and the memory of a gift received: a simple reflection by Leo XIV

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, January 11, 2026

This Is The New Pentecost Room at Notre Dame of Jerusalem Entrusted to the Legionaries of Christ

Caritas-Jerusalem Denounces Failure to Distribute Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

Jewish State of Israel Violates International Law: Begins Archaeological Excavations in Sovereign Palestinian Territory

The situation in Gaza as told by the parish priest of the only Catholic community in that martyrized land

To whom did the Pope make the last phone call? It was on Saturday 19 and now we know to whom

Jewish persecution of Christians in the Holy Land on the rise, research reveals

Archaeological research confirms what Catholics already venerated: the site of Jesus’ crucifixion

Israeli strikes on Beirut while Aoun is in Paris to shore up the fragile truce

Names of more than 50,000 people killed in Gaza by Israel published

Cardinal of Jerusalem: “I don’t know how we are still standing; the situation is against us”

Clashes with the Syrians and Israeli reprisals: The fires that kindle Lebanon

This was the 100th birthday of an Arab Catholic nun in the Holy Land