Gay man arrested for threatening to kill nuns and children at a Catholic school “just for fun”

Jul 20, 2026 15:37

ZENIT Staff

Nebraska authorities say a 32-year-old Omaha gay resident, Ean Halstead, is in custody Photo: Catholic Arena

Gender Ideology•Homosexuality•Religious Freedom

Comedy Writer Claims that the Human Skeletons of Men and Women Are Not the Same and Goes to Jail

Swiss opponents of the legislation warn that the law has become a weapon to silence those who defend biology and question gender ideology. The discussion in the Swiss Parliament opens the possibility of further expanding these provisions, which could institutionalize censorship and limit public debate on gender identity issues.

Jan 15, 2026 17:30

Rafael Llanes

Gender Ideology•Homosexuality

Historic! S*xual Left Defeated in UN Vote

The General Assembly voted to remove “sexual orientation and gender identity” from a UN resolution for the first time

Dec 20, 2025 16:06

ZENIT Staff

Gender Ideology•Homosexuality

Japanese court reaffirms natural marriage, creating new tensions in Japan’s LGBT debate

Presiding judge Ayumi Higashi argued that the current statutory language, which describes marriage as the mutual consent of “both sexes,” cannot be stretched to include same-sex couples without legislative intervention

Dec 09, 2025 18:19

ZENIT Staff

Homosexuality•Justice and Peace

USA: Supreme Court upholds gay unions, equating them with marriage

For now, Obergefell stands as it did in 2015: a pillar of constitutional law and a lightning rod of moral debate. The justices may have chosen silence, but their silence has spoken clearly—America’s marriage law will not be rewritten, at least not by this Court

Nov 11, 2025 19:12

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Homosexuality

For the first time in a decade, support for gay marriage falls significantly

According to a recent YouGov/The Economist survey, public support for same-sex marriage has dropped to 54 percent, while opposition has climbed to 33 percent, with 13 percent undecided

Nov 09, 2025 22:06

Tim Daniels

Under the agreement with China, Leo XIV appoints a new bishop

Chang Yanfeng, 42, was ordained bishop today under the Sino-Holy See agreement to a diocese that has been without its own pastor for 20 years. Just three weeks ago, the new prelate had to publicly commit the local Church to a controversial law designed to eliminate minorities.

Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of inspiration and sanctification

Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Orders in the United States

Gay man arrested for threatening to kill nuns and children at a Catholic school “just for fun”

Here’s what the new 2026 Gallup study says about the decline in support for same-sex marriage

A cardinal with voting rights has spoken out against a controversial pro-gay synodal report

Gay couple breaks into 29 churches in France: here’s how they were apprehended and the sentence handed down by the police

4 Issues with the Vatican Synod Document, According to the Priest Who Heads Courage, a Catholic Apostolate for Gay Men

Will the Vatican sanction German bishops for blessing same-sex couples? The Pope’s Secretary of State responds

Full Text in English of the Vatican’s Letter Saying NO to the German Bishops’ Proposal for Gay Blessings

Comedy Writer Claims that the Human Skeletons of Men and Women Are Not the Same and Goes to Jail

Historic! S*xual Left Defeated in UN Vote

Japanese court reaffirms natural marriage, creating new tensions in Japan’s LGBT debate

USA: Supreme Court upholds gay unions, equating them with marriage

For the first time in a decade, support for gay marriage falls significantly