Russia Calls Patriarch Bartholomew “Antichrist in a Cassock”

What is the relationship between the Word of God and the Church? Pope Leo XIV responds

ZENIT Staff

Pope’s general audience, February 11, 2026, on “the profound and vital relationship between the Word of G

Pope Leo XIV’s Beautiful Letter To Priests of Madrid (That Every Priest or Future Priest Should Read)

ZENIT Staff

Letter from the Holy Father to the Presbytery of the Archdiocese of Madrid on the occasion of the Presbyteral Assembly «Convivium»

The Vatican Bank Enters the Era of Faith-Based Benchmarks

Valentina di Giorgio

The significance of the Morningstar IOR Eurozone Catholic Principles and Morningstar IOR US Catholic Principles indices lies in their ambition. They aim to demonstrate that profitability and principle are not mutually exclusive

Holy Shroud, medieval painting? The response of three Italian scientists to a Brazilian “researcher”

Valentina di Giorgio

In the summer of 2025, Brazilian researcher Cicero Moraes published a digital modeling study proposing that the Shroud’s image could have been produced by pressing linen against a low-relief sculpture

Capuchin Franciscan friar marries transgender couple in Argentina; bishop announces sanctions

Enrique Villegas

The ceremony took place on January 28, 2026, at Nuestra Señora de Pompeya parish in the Archdiocese of Corrientes. According to the couple, they completed the standard prenuptial process and received assurance from a Franciscan friar that no canonical impediment stood in their way

Russia Calls Patriarch Bartholomew “Antichrist in a Cassock”

ZENIT Staff

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

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

Elizabeth Owens

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

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

Redacción Zenit

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

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

Tim Daniels

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

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

Tim Daniels

At the center of the storm is the appointment of political scientist Susan Ostermann—an outspoken advocate of abortion rights—as director of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, a key unit within the Keough School of Global Affairs

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

ZENIT Staff

The attacks have not spared religious leaders. In Kajuru Local Government Area, gunmen stormed the residence of Father Nathaniel Asuwaye, parish priest of Holy Trinity Church in Karku, during the night between Friday and Saturday, February 6. According to the Archdiocese of Kafanchan, which confirmed the incident, the raid left three people dead and ended with the priest taken captive alongside 10 others