Iran’s Christians among killed and arrested in street protests

Iran’s Christians among killed and arrested in street protests

ZENIT Staff

At least seven victims from the Armenian and Chaldean communities. In addition, three were injured and one imprisoned. Among the dead was the young Ejmin Masihi. In an open letter, Article 18 activists condemn the ‘brutal repression’ carried out by the ‘Tehran regime’.

Russian government launches unprecedented attack on Patriarch of Constantinople using these terms

Joachin Meisner Hertz

At the heart of the SVR’s accusation lies the claim that Bartholomew is deliberately undermining Orthodox unity in order to weaken the Moscow Patriarchate

Barcelona: Four Horizontal Arms of the Cross Are Installed on the Tower of Jesus Christ at the Basilica of the Holy Family

ZENIT Staff

The final piece to be installed will be the upper arm of the cross, and inside it, the sculpture of the Agnus Dei, a work by the Italian artist Andrea Mastrovito.

China’s Fertility Crisis: Free Babies, Subsidized Embryos, and the Ghost of the One-Child Policy

ZENIT Staff

Giving money for childbirth and in vitro fertilization, or raising VAT on condoms, will not solve a problem that is moral and cultural.

The Philosophy and Theology Behind Stranger Things

ZENIT Staff

The Netflix series, «Stranger Things,» gives us a layered account of evil that resists reducing all harm to a single explanatory framework.

Pope Leo XIV approves a jubilee year to mark 800 years since the death of St. Francis: here’s what you need to know

Valentina di Giorgio

As part of the centenary observances, the Holy See has also announced an exceptional opportunity for veneration: from 22 February to 22 March 2026, the body of Saint Francis will be brought out of its crypt

Carmelite friar who prays the Rosary online at 4 a.m. becomes Brazil’s most-watched streamer in 2025

ZENIT Staff

Yet Frei Gilson’s success also challenges some assumptions about digital religion. In an era dominated by algorithms favoring brevity, his most popular content remains lengthy, repetitive and explicitly devotional

One in seven Christians worldwide suffers persecution: revealing data from a new professional report

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Behind North Korea, a pattern becomes clear. Three of the top five countries—Somalia, Yemen, and Sudan—are states with strong Islamic social frameworks combined with political instability and active extremist movements

Between Drones, Settlers and Classrooms: How Violence and Administrative Israeli Pressure Are Reshaping Palestinian Life

ZENIT Staff

The issue is further complicated by a draft law under consideration in the Knesset that would ban the employment of teachers who studied in Palestinian territories

The art of refraining from taking advantage of fame, popularity, and success, according to Pope Leo XIV

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Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, January 18, 2026

Questions about liturgy: Removing the Christmas Creche

ZENIT Staff

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