9 interesting and curious facts you may not have known about U.S. Catholics

May 14, 2024 21:37

ZENIT Staff

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Gender Ideology

Methodists Accept “Ordinations” of Homosexual Men

The decision was taken by a simple vote with no debate, doing away with the prohibition, established in 1984, to ordain “self-declared practicing homosexuals” clerics.

May 14, 2024 11:54

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Justice and Peace•Local Church•Religious Freedom

Turkish Government Turns Ancient Christian Church Into a Mosque

The Ecumenical Patriarchate, with headquarters in Istanbul, expressed its disapproval, describing the action as “another disrespectful act against religious freedom on the part of the Turkish Government.”

May 14, 2024 11:50

ZENIT Staff

A new “labor law” for the Vatican: this is what Pope Leo XIV approved

At the heart of the reform lies a significant expansion of ULSA’s governing council, the body responsible for consultation and for drafting proposals in labor legislation. For the first time since the office was created in 1988 under Saint John Paul II, the Secretariat of State will have a formal seat at the table

PHOTO GALLERY: Pope Leo XIV revives childhood tradition: mass blessing of “baby Jesus” figures at the Vatican

The initiative, organized by the Centro Oratori Romani and dating back to 1969 under Paul VI, has long been a fixture of Advent in Rome

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9 interesting and curious facts you may not have known about U.S. Catholics

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