Listening and Fasting: Lent as a Time of Conversion. This is what Pope Leo XIV’s first message for Lent 2026 says

Feb 13, 2026 17:22

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV's first message for Lent was made public Photo: Vatican Media

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Trumps and Americans of faith: New Data Reveal a Subtle but Significant Cooling Among Religious Voters in Trump’s Second Term

The religious landscape after one year of Trump’s renewed presidency is neither static nor revolutionary. It reflects continuity under strain: enduring alignments tempered by incremental shifts in confidence, particularly on questions of ethics

Feb 12, 2026 17:29

Tim Daniels

Holy Land•Justice and Peace•Religious Freedom

Jewish state of Israel lifts ban on Church charity arm: Caritas will be able to continue working in Gaza

The regulatory shift that triggered the uncertainty was not merely technical. Responsibility for the registration of international organizations had moved from the Ministry of Social Affairs to the Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism

Feb 12, 2026 17:14

Redacción Zenit

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians

Jewish settlers attack the only entirely Christian village in the Holy Land once again, according to the Catholic parish priest himself

What is clear is that for villages like Taybeh, the question of survival is no longer abstract policy debate—it is an everyday reality measured in uprooted trees, burned vehicles and the endurance of faith under pressure

Feb 12, 2026 17:06

Elizabeth Owens

Analysis Opinion•Ecumenism

Russia Calls Patriarch Bartholomew “Antichrist in a Cassock”

Russian Intelligence now presents itself as the ultimate arbiter of orthodoxy and theology

Feb 12, 2026 16:32

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Rome

Lefebvrists at the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Vatican: This Is How the Meeting Went Towards a Canonical Statute for the Fraternity

After clarifying some points raised by the FSSPX in various letters, sent especially between 2017 and 2019, among others, the discussion focused on the question of the Divine Will regarding the plurality of religions.

Feb 12, 2026 08:37

ZENIT Staff

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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Listening and Fasting: Lent as a Time of Conversion. This is what Pope Leo XIV’s first message for Lent 2026 says

Milei formally invites the Pope to visit Argentina: he sends his foreign minister to the Vatican to deliver a letter by hand to Leo XIV

Epstein’s documents, Pope Francis, and what they say about the Vatican

Mass Abductions, Empty Villages and a New U.S. Military Footprint in Nigeria

The leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, the largest church in communion with Rome, is received by the Pope

The persecution continues: more than 50 people kidnapped in Christian districts of Nigeria

The most important Catholic university in the United States openly challenges Pope Leo XIV and the Church

Trumps and Americans of faith: New Data Reveal a Subtle but Significant Cooling Among Religious Voters in Trump’s Second Term

Jewish state of Israel lifts ban on Church charity arm: Caritas will be able to continue working in Gaza

Jewish settlers attack the only entirely Christian village in the Holy Land once again, according to the Catholic parish priest himself

Russia Calls Patriarch Bartholomew “Antichrist in a Cassock”

Lefebvrists at the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Vatican: This Is How the Meeting Went Towards a Canonical Statute for the Fraternity