A Bishop in War-Torn Sudan: Not Being in the Room That Night Saved My Life, Giving Me One More Day for Mission and Evangelization

Mar 11, 2026 22:00

ZENIT Staff

Bishop Christian Carlassare, an Italian Comboni missionary Photo: Atalayar

Local Church

Starting in the second half of 2026, there will be an admission fee to enter Cologne Cathedral

With approximately 6 million visitors each year, Cologne Cathedral ranks among the most visited religious monuments on the continent. Its immense stone surfaces, stained-glass windows and intricate sculptures require constant conservation work carried out by a permanent team of specialists.

Mar 07, 2026 22:58

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Poland’s Bishops Introduce Financial Penalties for Clergy Under Renewed Canon Law Discipline

By linking financial penalties to national economic standards and formalizing their application, the Polish bishops have created one of the clearest examples so far of how those reforms are being translated from the pages of canon law into everyday governance within the Church

Mar 07, 2026 08:42

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Pope Francis

This is how Catholicism declined in Latin America during Pope Francis’ pontificate

The pastoral challenge facing the Catholic Church in Latin America is therefore not the disappearance of faith, but the erosion of the institutional bonds that once sustained it.

Mar 05, 2026 09:47

Enrique Villegas

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

The Middle East, the spread of war, and the position of the Pope and the Catholic Church

As the Middle East faces the prospect of a broader regional war, the Vatican’s hope remains that diplomacy — not missiles — will ultimately shape the future of the region.

Mar 05, 2026 09:36

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Bioethics•Local Church

Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Bills Passed in the National Assembly: The Church in France Reacts

The French Bishops reaffirmed their profound opposition and spoke of an irreversible break with the ethical foundations of the society. They announced that they would continue to denounce this bill because «deliberately taking a life cannot constitute human progress.»

Mar 04, 2026 10:15

ZENIT Staff

Under the agreement with China, Leo XIV appoints a new bishop

Chang Yanfeng, 42, was ordained bishop today under the Sino-Holy See agreement to a diocese that has been without its own pastor for 20 years. Just three weeks ago, the new prelate had to publicly commit the local Church to a controversial law designed to eliminate minorities.

Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of inspiration and sanctification

Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Orders in the United States

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A Bishop in War-Torn Sudan: Not Being in the Room That Night Saved My Life, Giving Me One More Day for Mission and Evangelization

International Association of Exorcists Warns Against False «Collaborators» of the Late Exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth

Resignation of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch and Arrest of a U.S. Bishop Shake One of Christianity’s Oldest Communities

Four Years of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: An Analysis from the Church

City where Divine Mercy was born to welcome 5,000 pilgrims from across globe

In One Week 100,000 People Have Seen the Relics of Saint Francis of Assisi

An Italian: this is the Pope’s new ambassador “to” Donald Trump

Starting in the second half of 2026, there will be an admission fee to enter Cologne Cathedral

Poland’s Bishops Introduce Financial Penalties for Clergy Under Renewed Canon Law Discipline

This is how Catholicism declined in Latin America during Pope Francis’ pontificate

The Middle East, the spread of war, and the position of the Pope and the Catholic Church

Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Bills Passed in the National Assembly: The Church in France Reacts