New arrests of house church members in China

The German bishop who brought the local Catholic Church to the brink of schism announces that he will not seek re-election

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Bätzing leaves behind a Church that is, by many measures, more fragmented than when he took office, though few observers would place the responsibility solely on his shoulders

Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant leaders in the Holy Land unite against “Christian Zionism”

ZENIT Staff

The renewed warning in January 2026 comes amid heightened international attention to Christian Zionist activism. Although not named explicitly, church officials appear to be alluding to a high-profile event organized by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in December

Watch: Interview with Israeli Jewish Catholic priest

ZENIT Staff

In this last episode of the Common Home TV’s series: In the Shadows of the Holy Land. Neuhaus describes his life as a kind of apprenticeship in the margins, and argues that the political theology surrounding Israel and Palestine has become, in his view, a generator of violence.

USA: “Our United Prayers, Sacrifices, and Efforts To Protect Human Life and Heal the Wounds Inflicted by Abortion Remain as Important as Ever,” Says Bishop Thomas

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Noting there have been several pro-life victories since Roe was overturned in 2022, he cautioned that human life is still gravely threatened by legalized abortion as it continues to be aggressively promoted at the state and federal level.

New arrests of house church members in China

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On Tuesday, the authorities began cracking down on the leaders of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, an underground Evangelical community founded by Rev Wang Yi, who has been in prison since 2018. In October, the Zion Church suffered the same fate.

Outlining a moral vision for US foreign policy: full text of the statement by three US cardinals

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3 cardinals issued a strongly worded statement measuring US foreign policy against the principles set forth by Pope Leo XIV in his January 9, 2026 address to members of the diplomatic corps accredited the Holy See

Statement by the bishops of the Holy Land on “Christian Zionism”

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The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem issued a statement

“Live Your Spirituality Without Ever Separating Yourselves from the Rest of the Ecclesial Body”: Pope Leo XIV to the Neocatechumenal Way

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Words of the Pope to members of the Neocatechumenal Way

Three US cardinals open battle against Donald Trump

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Their appeal comes as Washington faces criticism on multiple fronts: a controversial U.S. military operation in Venezuela that led to the removal and prosecution of President Nicolás Maduro; renewed threats to take control of Greenland, a resource-rich, semi-autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark and a NATO ally

Everything you need to know about the 2026 General Chapter of the Legionaries of Christ, which began in Rome

ZENIT Staff

As the General Chapter continues, attention will increasingly turn to the election of the new General Government and the priorities it will articulate