Pope Francis to Release Groundbreaking Autobiography «Hope» in 2025

Oct 17, 2024 18:12

ZENIT Staff

the much-anticipated book will be published worldwide on January 14, 2025 Photo: Penguin Random House

Fides News Agency offers some statistics chosen to give a panorama of the Church in the world.

over 1,850 medical prescriptions related to gender transition were issued in Catholic hospitals

Pope Francis presided over the general audience in St. Peter’s Square

the bishops will have opportunities for prayer and fraternal dialogue with one another.

Pope Francis

What Must a Surgeon Do in Regard to a Patient Whom He Must Operate? Pope Francis Responds

Pope’s words to members of the Italian Society of Surgery

Oct 16, 2024 07:10

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Liturgy and Divine Worship•Local Church

Communion in the Hand or in the Mouth? Results Are Published of the Largest Survey in the U.S. on the Eucharist

With almost 16,000 answers, this is the largest survey ever among the country’s faithful Catholics, highlighting a longing for a liturgical renewal and a return to traditional practices that, according to many, have been eroding over time.

Oct 16, 2024 07:03

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land

Israel bombs Christian village in Lebanon: 23 more dead to its murder record

The bombing, part of Israel’s ongoing military operations, has once again brought devastation to a country already grappling with a multitude of crises.

Oct 15, 2024 18:53

ZENIT Staff

Religious Freedom

China: for the communist government the fourth commandment means “honoring the Communist Party”

Gansu priests were trained this month to preach that “always being of one mind and one heart with the Party” is the proper way to recognize the CCP as the father of the people.

Oct 15, 2024 18:50

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Pro Life

A surprising UN report now denounces discriminatory abortion practices in people with disabilities

These statements are astonishing precisely because the UN has been promoting for many years the extension of birth control policies that prioritize access to free abortion.

Oct 15, 2024 18:46

Julio Tudela

Pope Francis outlined a vision of education rooted in compassion, dialogue, and humility

Pope Francis and spiritual coca-colonization in academia

A unifying theme of Pope Francis’ address was his vision for an education that not only trains minds but nurtures souls. Reflecting on the global crises, particularly the “madness of war,” he expressed sorrow for the world “aflame with division,” urging the academic community to generate “wisdom born from engagement with the pain and hope of real people.”

This traditional Mass is held annually within the week dedicated to prayer for the deceased

Pope’s beautiful homily to meditate (without fear) on death and the dead with the figure of the good thief

Pope’s homily on the occasion of the Mass in suffrage for cardinals and bishops who have died in the last year

Pope Francis to Release Groundbreaking Autobiography «Hope» in 2025

How many Catholics, priests and seminarians are there in the world? The Catholic Church in its most recent statistics

EWTN Research Shows that 150 “Catholic” Hospitals Inject Hormones in Children for “Gender Transition”

Support Grows to Prohibit Gender Transitions in Minors: A New Political Front in the USA?

How does the Holy Spirit act in the Church and in the Christian life? Pope Francis answers

Burkina Faso: Terrorists carry out brutal massacre over three days

U.S. Bishops to Meet Nov. 11-14 in Baltimore; Assembly to Be Live Streamed

What Must a Surgeon Do in Regard to a Patient Whom He Must Operate? Pope Francis Responds

Communion in the Hand or in the Mouth? Results Are Published of the Largest Survey in the U.S. on the Eucharist

Israel bombs Christian village in Lebanon: 23 more dead to its murder record

China: for the communist government the fourth commandment means “honoring the Communist Party”

A surprising UN report now denounces discriminatory abortion practices in people with disabilities