The 50 Countries Where Christians Are Most Persecuted at Present: Communism and Islamism Head the Persecutions

Jan 17, 2024 23:34

Puertas Abiertas points out that in these 50 countries alone, some 317 million Christians suffer very high or extreme levels of persecution Photo: Outono.net

Local Church•Religious Freedom

USA: bishops release first report on religious freedom in the country

The report identifies a wide range of concerns, such as federal agencies misusing laws meant to aid pregnant women in order to promote abortion, threats to the safety of our Jewish and Muslim neighbors, and hostility toward ministries serving migrants and refugees, and suggests how individuals and communities can respond.

Jan 16, 2024 21:03

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Holy Land•Testimonies

Craftswoman in Jesus’ City: A Syndrome Deforms Basma’s Face, But She Creates Beauty with Her Hands

She is a young Christian Palestinian woman from Bethlehem. She suffers from a syndrome, a little known disease, which has deformed her face and body. But she creates beautiful object with her hands, which speak to us of Christmas, of Bethlehem, of the Holy Family, of the Child-God.

Jan 16, 2024 21:00

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Local Church

Lebanon: Maronite Catholic patriarch says Lebanese oppose war against Israel

For Card Beshara al-Rahi, the Lebanese do not want an escalation on the southern border, in the wake of the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Meanwhile, the United States and Europe are intensifying diplomatic efforts to prevent further violence. Blinken and Borrell warn about worse to come. Hackers attack Beirut airport with messages about Hezbollah and Iran.

Jan 16, 2024 17:56

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope Francis Closes January 2024 Conferring Ministries to Laymen and Launching Year of Prayer

Two people will receive the ministry of Lectorate and nine the ministry of Catechist. They are lay faithful that intend to represent the People of God and they come from Brazil, Bolivia, Korea, Chad, Germany and the Antilles

Jan 15, 2024 18:21

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Holy Land•Local Church

China: Guidelines Instruct Religions How to Implement the New Patriotic Education Law

The key statute on domestic indoctrination is in force since January 1. Now religions are told how they should enforce it. We offer a full English translation of the Guidelines.

Jan 15, 2024 18:17

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis received in audience a delegation of ministers participating in the G7 on Inclusion and Disability in the Consistory Hall of the Holy See

Pope asks to speak of people with “different abilities”, not the disabled

Pope’s address to the delegation of ministers participating in the G7 meeting on inclusion and disability

the much-anticipated book will be published worldwide on January 14, 2025

Pope Francis to Release Groundbreaking Autobiography «Hope» in 2025

The announcement came from Random House Publishing on October 16, marking a significant moment not only for the Vatican but also for the global literary and religious communities.

The 50 Countries Where Christians Are Most Persecuted at Present: Communism and Islamism Head the Persecutions

Pope Francis Explains Lust and Two Contaminatiions It Produces

Pope Francis receives former president of Argentina at Vatican

[PHOTO GALLERY] Guatemala: the Te Deum of the new president in the metropolitan cathedral

Vatican nun among the 50 most influential women according to Forbes

This is what the first report on religious freedom in the U.S. prepared by the country’s Catholic bishops says

Australia: Legalising ‘Assisted Dying’ fails to reduce suicide rate

USA: bishops release first report on religious freedom in the country

Craftswoman in Jesus’ City: A Syndrome Deforms Basma’s Face, But She Creates Beauty with Her Hands

Lebanon: Maronite Catholic patriarch says Lebanese oppose war against Israel

Pope Francis Closes January 2024 Conferring Ministries to Laymen and Launching Year of Prayer

China: Guidelines Instruct Religions How to Implement the New Patriotic Education Law