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

Jan 30, 2026 20:40

ZENIT Staff

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Photo: OSV News/Bob Roller

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

Bioethics

Assisted suicide increases by 30% in Spain: the drift toward which other countries are heading

Newly released official figures show that 426 people ended their lives through state-approved assisted suicide or euthanasia in 2021 — a 27.54% increase over 2023, when 334 deaths were recorded

Jan 28, 2026 17:37

Covadonga Asturias

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

Cardinals and Bishops•Interview

The Consistory, The Situation of Christians in Iraq, and Their Return to Baghdad After a Brief Exile: An Interview with Cardinal Sako

Having participated on January 7-8, 2026, in the first Extraordinary Consistory of Pope Leo XIV in Rome, Cardinal Sako shares his reactions with ZENIT and discusses the Chaldean Church in Iraq.

Jan 28, 2026 10:59

ZENIT Staff

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

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

Archbishop Caccia, 68, has served as Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations since 2019, and succeeds Cardinal Christophe Pierre, 80, who has held the post since 2016

A Pope’s Letter to a Newspaper: Leo XIV Reflects on 150 Years of Journalism in a Changing World

Another dimension Leo XIV emphasized was the human element of storytelling. Technology may accelerate the flow of information, he observed, but experience and judgment remain essential for interpreting events and giving them meaning

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

Xi Jinping Thought on Demography: How to Lose a Population and Call It Progress

Pope’s Secretary of State speaks out on ICE in Minneapolis, Greenland, and the reconstruction of Gaza

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

Assisted suicide increases by 30% in Spain: the drift toward which other countries are heading

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

The Consistory, The Situation of Christians in Iraq, and Their Return to Baghdad After a Brief Exile: An Interview with Cardinal Sako

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