Israel: big moves for the post-7 October elections
ZENIT Staff
The religious parties want to move up the vote to 15 September before Yom Kippur (and distance themselves from Netanyahu). The Bennett-Lapid alliance is failing in the polls, giving former General Eisenkot a chance to emerge as the top opposition leader. But no one seems to have the numbers to form a majority without the support Arab parties that Jewish parties reportedly want to keep at bay.
Landmark report to reveal the scale and potential of UK Catholic giving
ZENIT Staff
Commissioned by Catholics in Fundraising (CiF), and prepared by Astarita Aldrich Ward, the report sets out, for the first time, an evidence-based picture of the Catholic charitable and philanthropic landscape across the country.
The Argentine government has announced that Pope Leo XIV will visit the country: here’s everything we know
Enrique Villegas
Argentine President Javier Milei stated on May 26 that, “unless a tragedy occurs,” it is “highly probable” that the Pope will visit the country later this year. He credited the progress largely to the efforts of Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno, describing the negotiations as having successfully aligned the necessary positions.
Pope Leo XIV receives Spain’s atheist president amid a political crisis in the country he is about to visit
Valentina di Giorgio
The approximately 45-minute private audience between Sánchez and the Pope unfolded against a turbulent domestic backdrop. On the same day, Spanish political debate was dominated by developments involving investigations linked to the Socialist Party and the legal scrutiny surrounding former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Pope Leo XIV calls the liturgy the “driving force of evangelization” and urges priests to respect liturgical texts and norms
ZENIT Staff
The Pope’s General Audience, May 27, 2026, on Tradition and Reform in the Liturgy
U.S. Bishops’ Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection Releases Annual Report
ZENIT Staff
This is the twenty-third such report since 2002 when the U.S. bishops established and adopted the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, a comprehensive framework of procedures to address allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy and establish protocols to protect children and young people.
The Priority of the Gospel, Synodality According to Leo XIV, and the Types of Courage Needed Today in the Church
ZENIT Staff
Pope’s Address to the Italian Bishops
Healing the Healer: Pope Leo XIV intervenes at Padre Pio of Pietrelcina’s hospital. Why?
Valentina di Giorgio
On May 27, Pope Leo XIV signed a papal chirograph establishing a special commission with extraordinary powers to stabilize and relaunch Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, the renowned Catholic hospital in San Giovanni Rotondo founded by Padre Pio in the 1950s
Italian bishop announces plan to evangelize Muslims in his diocese: offering Christ, not just material aid
Covadonga Asturias
The origin of the initiative come from an ordinary Caritas meeting. A lay volunteer reportedly asked a simple but uncomfortable question: why does the Church dedicate so much energy to material support while failing to offer migrants “the most precious thing we possess — faith and the Gospel”?
The traditional Chartres pilgrimage breaks records. Here are the surprising figures that challenge the European narrative of religious decline
Covadonga Asturias
What most surprised was not merely the size of the crowd — larger even than last year’s 19,000 pilgrims — but its demographic profile. According to an internal study conducted among 4,610 participants, the average age of the pilgrims was only 22 years old. By comparison, the average age of practicing Catholics in France today is approximately 57.
Some Reflections on the Life of the Church, Looking Ahead to the Coming Years (by Pope Leo XIV)
ZENIT Staff
The Pope’s Address to the Members of the Dicastery for Evangelization
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