Between Gaza and Jerusalem: Pope Leo XIV and Israel’s Herzog Navigate Fragile Paths to Peace

Sep 06, 2025 19:28

Valentina di Giorgio

Pope Leo XIV welcomed Israeli President Isaac Herzog for a private audience Photo: Vatican Media

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Nicaragua’s Silenced Church: A Report from Exile on a Persecution Without Pause

The statistics are stark. Since April 2018, when President Daniel Ortega’s government turned its fury against Catholic leaders who had stood with peaceful demonstrators, the Church has endured 1,010 aggressions and seen more than 16,500 processions banned

Sep 01, 2025 15:26

Enrique Villegas

Gender Ideology•Local Church

Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo allows Anglican “priestess” and lesbian couple to concelebrate

On August 26, the retired Dominican bishop Raúl Vera López invited Emilie Teresa Smith, a Canadian Anglican minister and LGBT activist, to participate prominently in a Mass celebrated at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Sep 01, 2025 15:22

Enrique Villegas

Angelus•Pope Leo XIV

Sitting down at the table together: the culture of gestures that bring people closer, as reflected upon by Pope Leo XIV

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, August 31, 2025

Aug 31, 2025 21:49

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Incensing During the Liturgy of the Hours

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

Aug 30, 2025 21:42

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land

The ministry of tourism launches an international campaign to promote the series Land of the Bible

The Land of the Bible series, initiated by the Ministry of Tourism with an additional budget of NIS 3 million and broadcast slots on the evangelical Christian channel Daystar valued at USD 1.8 million, is already airing in more than 191 countries worldwide

Aug 30, 2025 21:35

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV “responds” to Trump’s threat regarding Iran’s extinction: here is what he said

The Pope’s remarks echoed and reinforced his Easter message delivered during the Urbi et Orbi on April 5, where he had already called on those with the power to wage war to lay down their arms and choose dialogue

Two interpretations of the empty tomb, only one to choose: Pope Leo XIV’s reflection

Address on the occasion of the Regina Coeli prayer on Monday, April 6, 2026

Between Gaza and Jerusalem: Pope Leo XIV and Israel’s Herzog Navigate Fragile Paths to Peace

Questions about liturgy: Moving Patronal Feasts

A Global Surge in Anti-Christian Hostility Raises Alarms Across Churches

Jesus’ “I thirst” on the cross explained by Pope Leo XIV

Do Exorcists Charge for Each Session? International Association of Exorcists Issues Statement

Why does Leon XIV appear in TIME magazine’s ranking of the 25 most important thinkers on artificial intelligence?

The relationship with creation becomes a prayer intention requested by Pope Leo XIV

Nicaragua’s Silenced Church: A Report from Exile on a Persecution Without Pause

Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo allows Anglican “priestess” and lesbian couple to concelebrate

Sitting down at the table together: the culture of gestures that bring people closer, as reflected upon by Pope Leo XIV

Questions about liturgy: Incensing During the Liturgy of the Hours

The ministry of tourism launches an international campaign to promote the series Land of the Bible