The largest statue of Jesus in the entire Middle East is being built in Lebanon, and here’s how it’s coming along

Mar 24, 2026 17:46

ZENIT Staff

the structure is expected to stand roughly 15 meters tall Photo: Alfa & Omega

Local Church

Catholic bishops in the U.S. call for “rejecting anti-Semitism and the lies and conspiracy theories that fuel it”

The archbishop’s remarks address a distortion with deep historical roots: the notion of collective Jewish responsibility for the death of Jesus. Drawing on authoritative Church teaching, including the Catechism of the Council of Trent, he underscores that such an interpretation is not only inaccurate but theologically untenable

Mar 22, 2026 18:21

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Why the people Stay, Leave, or Return to Religion in a Changing Spiritual Landscape

Taken together, these findings point to a religious landscape defined less by abrupt rupture than by gradual reconfiguration. Belief, belonging, and identity are no longer inherited in a straightforward way; they are negotiated, reassessed, and often reshaped over time

Mar 20, 2026 17:29

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church

Amazon Synodality Enters a New Phase: Cardinal Steiner Elected to Lead CEAMA Through 2030

Steiner’s election must be read against this institutional backdrop. According to CEAMA, his leadership is expected to “strengthen the path of a Church with an Amazonian face,” a phrase that has become shorthand for a model of inculturation that goes beyond symbolic gestures. In practical terms, this includes promoting indigenous leadership within ecclesial structures

Mar 20, 2026 17:10

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Vocations

The Land of a Thousand Islands, 150,000 Catholics, and… 44 Seminarians!

The Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña believed he had found the source of King Solomon’s «Gold of Ophir» in the Islands he discovered, and so he named them the Solomon Islands.

Mar 19, 2026 10:41

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Local Church

Hong Kong will welcome 2,500 new Catholics this Easter in 2026

The surge in adult baptisms is largely attributed to young catechumens drawn to Catholicism through personal encounters with practicing believers in schools, parishes, and university ministries

Mar 18, 2026 13:08

ZENIT Staff

The largest statue of Jesus in the entire Middle East is being built in Lebanon, and here’s how it’s coming along

After seven years, Rhode Island report finds a past it cannot prosecute and a present it cannot condemn

How Many People Viewed the Relics of St. Francis of Assisi During the Month-Long Exposition of His Mortal Remains?

Chaldean Catholics will elect their new patriarch in Rome next April

Jerusalem: Holy Week Behind Closed Doors. A Statement from the Catholic Patriarch

Belgian bishop threatens to ordain married men within two years

Is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre closed? The Catholic Church in the Holy Land issues a statement in response to rumors on social media

Catholic bishops in the U.S. call for “rejecting anti-Semitism and the lies and conspiracy theories that fuel it”

Why the people Stay, Leave, or Return to Religion in a Changing Spiritual Landscape

Amazon Synodality Enters a New Phase: Cardinal Steiner Elected to Lead CEAMA Through 2030

The Land of a Thousand Islands, 150,000 Catholics, and… 44 Seminarians!

Hong Kong will welcome 2,500 new Catholics this Easter in 2026