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

Mar 08, 2026 07:10

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Leo XIV

A Pope’s Letter to a Newspaper: Leo XIV Reflects on 150 Years of Journalism in a Changing World

Another dimension Leo XIV emphasized was the human element of storytelling. Technology may accelerate the flow of information, he observed, but experience and judgment remain essential for interpreting events and giving them meaning

Mar 06, 2026 08:47

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace

War in the Middle East: Chapel and church buildings attacked in Iraq

The war between Israel and the United States against Iran, which has been inflaming the Middle East for days, from the Arab Gulf nations to Turkey (and Cyprus, in Europe), also affects Iraqi Christians who fear further progression into a “critical and delicate phase”

Mar 06, 2026 06:58

ZENIT Staff

Good News

Former Director of Oxford Seminary Converts to Catholicism

Although Robin Ward was educated in what he described as a «Low Church» form of Anglicanism, characterized by the use of the Book of Common Prayer, austere liturgy, and a Protestant approach to the sacraments, his experience at Oxford and his encounter with the Anglo-Catholic tradition sparked in him a deeper search for the identity of the Church.

Mar 05, 2026 10:18

Dante Alba, LC

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Ash Wednesday, liturgy, and children

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

Mar 05, 2026 10:09

ZENIT Staff

Ecumenism

Global Anglican Communion to be led by a conciliar structure as opposed to the Anglican Church of England

If that shift continues, historians may eventually look back on the Abuja meeting not simply as another conference in an ongoing dispute, but as the moment when global Anglicanism began reorganizing itself around a new axis of leadership—one increasingly shaped by the churches of the Global South

Mar 05, 2026 09:53

Elizabeth Owens

Peru’s President Confirms the Pope’s Visit for November 2026: Here’s Everything We Know

José María Balcázar, announced after a lengthy audience with the Pontiff that Leo XIV personally confirmed his intention to visit Peru during the first half of November 2026. According to Balcázar, the Pope’s route will include Lima, Chiclayo, Piura, Pucallpa in the Amazon region, and Cusco.

Leo XIV emphasizes the need for safe spaces within the Church to experience love with Jesus Christ

Address by the Holy Father to Members of the Center for Research and Training on Child Protection

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

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A Pope’s Letter to a Newspaper: Leo XIV Reflects on 150 Years of Journalism in a Changing World

War in the Middle East: Chapel and church buildings attacked in Iraq

Former Director of Oxford Seminary Converts to Catholicism

Questions about liturgy: Ash Wednesday, liturgy, and children

Global Anglican Communion to be led by a conciliar structure as opposed to the Anglican Church of England