Colombian Bishops Push Back After President’s Remarks on Jesus Spark National Outcry

Jan 30, 2026 20:57

In June 2025, representatives of the Colombian Episcopal Conference met with President Gustavo Petro. Photo: X: @episcopadocol

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church

“We cannot vote on the Resurrection”: Cardinal of Cologne absent from German Synodal Path meeting and considers it over

The German Synodal Path has become a test case for how far local churches can go before they collide with the apostolic structure of Catholicism itself. For the Cardinal of Cologne, the line has already been crossed

Jan 29, 2026 10:42

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Justice and Peace•Local Church

Mexico’s Bishops Raise Their Voice After Football Field Massacre and Attack on Puebla Cathedral

The Mexican Bishops’ Conference (CEM) issued a forceful statement following two shocking incidents: a mass shooting that left at least 11 people dead at a community football field in Salamanca, Guanajuato, on Sunday, January 25, and an attempted arson attack against Puebla’s historic cathedral the previous night

Jan 28, 2026 11:25

Enrique Villegas

Local Church

Ash Wednesday Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe Continues 35 Year History of Restoration and Healing

“For 35 years, your contributions to the Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe have made a profound difference. You have rebuilt cathedrals, renewed hope, healed the suffering and brought joy where there had been despair,” Bishop Vincke said.

Jan 27, 2026 22:12

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Vocations

This is what religious with perpetual vows in the USA are like, according to the CARA 2025 survey

The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), Georgetown University’s research arm for Catholic life, has released its annual survey of women and men who professed perpetual vows in 2025 within religious institutes, provinces, or monasteries based in the United States

Jan 27, 2026 21:58

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV, Germany’s silent believers, and unexpected signs of a spiritual awakening opposed to the German synod

As for the Synodal Way, two-thirds of Germans, including Catholics, either do not know what it is or decline to express an opinion. Only 21% of Catholics view it positively, while 19% judge it negatively. The majority simply feels disconnected

Jan 27, 2026 10:52

Jorge Enrique Mújica

On the Controversy with Trump, Leo XIV Denounces a «Not Entirely Accurate Narrative»

During the flight from Cameroon to Angola, the third leg of an itinerary that will ultimately take him to Equatorial Guinea, the Pope explained to the approximately 70 journalists accompanying him that many media interpretations are based on a dynamic of «comments upon comments,» rather than reflecting his true intentions.

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

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

Colombian Bishops Push Back After President’s Remarks on Jesus Spark National Outcry

Britain’s Young Christians Lead a Giving Revolution, New Report Finds

Leader of U.S. bishops calls for Holy Hour in light of current situation in the United States

Clergy Arrests, ICE Raids, and a City on Edge as Minnesota’s Churches Confront America’s Immigration Crackdown

Armenian Prime Minister confronts Patriarch Kakerin: he wants to remove him from office and calls him schismatic

What a survey in Germany reveals: Youth Interest Rises as Catholics Distance Themselves from the Synodal Way

Germany: Catholic excluded for the first time because of his political views

“We cannot vote on the Resurrection”: Cardinal of Cologne absent from German Synodal Path meeting and considers it over

Mexico’s Bishops Raise Their Voice After Football Field Massacre and Attack on Puebla Cathedral

Ash Wednesday Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe Continues 35 Year History of Restoration and Healing

This is what religious with perpetual vows in the USA are like, according to the CARA 2025 survey

Pope Leo XIV, Germany’s silent believers, and unexpected signs of a spiritual awakening opposed to the German synod