Cardinal Pizzaballa launches an initiative for a Jerusalem open to all

Sep 09, 2026 10:21

ZENIT Staff

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, started a project September 7 in the Holy City Photo: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

Israel Declares the Only Entirely Christian City in the Holy Land a “Closed Military Zone”

For Taybeh’s Christian community, protection will be measured not by the announcement but by whether armed settlers are actually prevented from entering private property, damaging farmland and intimidating residents

Aug 13, 2026 10:36

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Justice and Peace•Persecuted Christians

Franciscans Ask Marco Rubio for Help in the Face of Persecution by Jewish Settlers Affecting Christians (and Others) in the Holy Land

The Franciscan concern is not isolated. Church leaders in Jerusalem have repeatedly denounced vandalism, desecration, spitting at clergy and verbal and physical attacks attributed to extremist ultra-Orthodox Jewish elements

Jul 24, 2026 19:38

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Holy Land•Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

The Christian Presence in the Holy Land Is Being Squeezed from Every Direction

The central question is therefore not simply whether Christianity can survive in the Holy Land. It is whether the international community will accept a future in which the ancient Christian communities of the region remain only as monuments, while the people who gave those places their living meaning are gradually forced to leave

Jul 22, 2026 14:07

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Local Church

Blessed the first stone of the Polish chapel at the Shepherds’ Field in Holy Land

The new place of prayer dedicated to St. Joseph enriches the complex of the chapels of the nations with that of one of the countries most deeply rooted in the Catholic faith

Jul 22, 2026 08:17

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians

Jews Denounce the Persecution of Christians by Radical Jews in the Holy Land: Facts, Figures, and Other Concerns

According to the Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue, 155 incidents targeting Christians and Christian institutions were documented in Israel and East Jerusalem during 2025, up significantly from 111 cases the previous year. These included physical assaults, vandalism, desecration of churches, verbal abuse and the increasingly reported phenomenon of clergy being spat upon in public

Jul 07, 2026 16:25

ZENIT Staff

Cardinal Pizzaballa launches an initiative for a Jerusalem open to all

Does a fire miraculously ignite at the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem? The matter ends up in court. A Greek court provides an answer

These are not isolated incidents: Violence by Israelis against Palestinian Christians (and others) is on the rise

Israeli court sentences Jewish man who attacked and kicked a Catholic nun in Jerusalem to 6 years in a psychiatric hospital

Israel Turns Archaeology into a Tool for Annexation: How It Seized the Site Linked to the Tomb of John the Baptist

AI and materials analysis offer new insights into the Qumran scrolls

Leo XIV Speaks Out in Support of Palestinians Attacked by Jewish Settlers in Tierra Sana: Here’s What’s Happening

Israel Declares the Only Entirely Christian City in the Holy Land a “Closed Military Zone”

Franciscans Ask Marco Rubio for Help in the Face of Persecution by Jewish Settlers Affecting Christians (and Others) in the Holy Land

The Christian Presence in the Holy Land Is Being Squeezed from Every Direction

Blessed the first stone of the Polish chapel at the Shepherds’ Field in Holy Land

Jews Denounce the Persecution of Christians by Radical Jews in the Holy Land: Facts, Figures, and Other Concerns