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

Under the agreement with China, Leo XIV appoints a new bishop

Chang Yanfeng, 42, was ordained bishop today under the Sino-Holy See agreement to a diocese that has been without its own pastor for 20 years. Just three weeks ago, the new prelate had to publicly commit the local Church to a controversial law designed to eliminate minorities.

Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of inspiration and sanctification

Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Orders in the United States

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

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Methodists Accept “Ordinations” of Homosexual Men

Turkish Government Turns Ancient Christian Church Into a Mosque