Study shows a decline in maternal deaths in states with pro-life laws

Pakistan: Truck Plows Into Catholic Procession on Easter Sunday

ZENIT Staff

The driver, identified as Muhammad Bilal, fled the scene, while his assistant was detained and the vehicle seized. Charges have been filed under provisions related to reckless driving, but investigators have not yet clarified whether negligence alone explains the event

Amid the polarization between Trump and Leo XIV, U.S. police respond to a bomb threat at the home of the Pope’s brother

Tim Daniels

Police in New Lenox, a suburban community outside Chicago, responded on the evening of April 15 at approximately 6:30 p.m. to reports of a bomb threat at the home of John Prevost, one of the Pope’s two older brothers

Popes and wars in the contemporary era

ZENIT Staff

Faced with the destructive power of modern weapons, it is very difficult to speak, as was done in past centuries, of the possibility of a ‘just war.’ As early as 1963, Pope John XXIII, in ‘Pacem in Terris,’ wrote that in the atomic age it becomes almost impossible to think that war can be considered an instrument of justice. In this same spirit stands Pope Leo XIV, who is making peace one of the central themes of his pontificate.

Human Rights Watch: church ban for minors in China violates human rights

ZENIT Staff

A new release by the human rights NGO highlights the increased pressure by Chinese authorities on Catholics in the shadow of «sinicisation» and the agreement with the Holy See on episcopal appointments. A member of an underground community merged into an official diocese laments that, “We started praying like we were thieves.” A United Front document has emerged calling for telling on parents who “instill religious ideas to their children”.

A letter from the then-Father Robert Prevost acknowledging the measures taken by Benedict XVI to combat abuse has come to light

ZENIT Staff

The rediscovery of this letter comes as commentators draw parallels between the pressures currently facing Leo XIV and the sustained criticism endured by Benedict XVI during his pontificate

The Pontifical Palace of Castel Gandolfo will cease to be a museum and once again become a papal residence

ZENIT Staff

The decision would effectively reverse one of the more emblematic gestures of his predecessor, Pope Francis, who in 2016 opened the palace to the public for the first time in its history

European Parliament invites the Pope to address a plenary session in response to Trump’s attacks

ZENIT Staff

The announcement, made public through social media, frames Leo XIV not only as the global pastor of the Catholic Church but as a figure of moral authority at a time described as marked by uncertainty and fragmentation

Study shows a decline in maternal deaths in states with pro-life laws

Tim Daniels

Numbers, Narratives, and the Abortion Debate: New Study Reignites Questions on Maternal Mortality in the United States

The Vatican halts another canonization case: the case of Jesuit Ciszek will not proceed

Valentina di Giorgio

The recent decision to halt the cause underscores the exacting standards applied by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints

Leo XIV leads opinion polls and has become the most popular public figure in the United States

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Recent surveys suggest that Pope Leo XIV has entered the public arena with a degree of moral credibility that few global figures can match