Restoration of Bethlehem Basilica announced: the birthplace of Christ

Jan 24, 2026 11:09

Grotto of the Nativity, the hallowed site revered across Christendom as the birthplace of Christ Photo: Custody of the Holy Land

Good News•Woman

The Better Part: The First Intellectual Jounal Written by Catholic Women

The journal emerged as a response to a clear gap in the contemporary publishing landscape. Its founder and editor-in-chief, Heidi Bollich-Erne, explains that the idea arose while she was searching for texts that addressed the female experience from a Catholic and intellectual perspective for her students.

Jan 23, 2026 13:35

Dante Alba, LC

Local Church•Pope Leo XIV•Pro Life

Leo XIV, a pro-life Pope, sends a message to participants in the March for Life in the USA

Pope Leo XIV wanted to be present at the March for Life with a message.

Jan 22, 2026 20:02

ZENIT Staff

Rome

John L. Allen Jr. and the task of explaining the Vatican to the world: one of the most important Vaticanists passes away

He was remembered not as an activist or a polemicist, but as a craftsman of information: a journalist who believed that clarity is a form of service, and that understanding the Church requires patience, historical memory, and intellectual honesty

Jan 22, 2026 19:56

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Cardinals and Bishops•Pope Leo XIV

Cardinals, the first consistory of Leo XIV, and Cardinal Zen’s public objections

For now, Leo XIV appears content to listen, to slow the pace, and to allow ideas championed under his predecessor either to mature organically or quietly recede

Jan 22, 2026 19:51

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church

China in the Heart of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

The relics of a young Chinese seminarian were brought by Bishop Louis Faurie, Apostolic Vicar of Kweichow, current Chinese Archdiocese of Guiyang, who had met him at the Paris Foreign Missions Seminary, where this Bishop was formed as a seminarian.

Jan 22, 2026 19:28

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV Speaks Again About Trump and the War (and It Is Announced That the Pope Will Carry the Cross Throughout the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday)

Referring indirectly to geopolitical developments, including statements by Donald Trump about ending ongoing conflicts, Leo expressed cautious hope that political leaders might be seeking “a way out” of violence

Pope Leo XIV Reverses Another Decision of Pope Francis: World Children’s Day Cancelled in Rome

All initiatives aimed at children’s ministry may be celebrated, at the discretion of the Bishops, at the diocesan or parish level.

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Restoration of Bethlehem Basilica announced: the birthplace of Christ

New report shows systematic abuse in Israeli prisons

Nicaraguan regime bans urban and rural “door-to-door” missions in the country’s dioceses

Woman Accused of Harassment Simply for Praying Outside An Abortion Clinic

The Catholic Church’s Mission Territories Continue to Grow: Here Is the Data

French government reports increase in visits to Catholic cathedrals: these are the most visited

Brazil: Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro sees increase in number of sacraments celebrated

The Better Part: The First Intellectual Jounal Written by Catholic Women

Leo XIV, a pro-life Pope, sends a message to participants in the March for Life in the USA

John L. Allen Jr. and the task of explaining the Vatican to the world: one of the most important Vaticanists passes away

Cardinals, the first consistory of Leo XIV, and Cardinal Zen’s public objections

China in the Heart of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris