Christmas Break at ZENIT

Dec 22, 2024 22:18

ZENIT Staff

the Vatican formally launches his cause for beatification and canonization

Pro Life

Amnesty International Says Abortionists are Human Rights Defenders

The report was written by the leading global abortion providers MSI Reproductive Choices and the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the International Confederation of Midwives, and a handful of other groups whose sole focus is promoting and providing abortion internationally.

Dec 20, 2024 18:32

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Baptism, doubts and validity. Two burning and difficult questions

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology and director of the Sacerdos Institute at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

Dec 20, 2024 18:30

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

Vatican Court Issues Sentences for Embezzlement in the Sistine Chapel Choir

The case arose in 2023 after complains and controversies posed by parents of the Pueri Cantores, members of the children’s choir. They denounced that the children’s participation in public acts was not aligned with the Choir’s original mission, founded in 1471 as “College of Singing Chaplains.”

Dec 20, 2024 09:43

Rafael Llanes

Gender Ideology

United Kingdom: Setback for Gender Ideology as Puberty Blockers Are Banned

A comprehensive Report of pediatrician Dr Hilary Cass highlighted the significant risks of the medication and the lack of evidence of the alleged benefits of the blockers during puberty. LGBTI activists challenged the sentence because they were “concerned about the safety and wellbeing of trans youngsters in the United Kingdom.” The Kingdom’s Higher Court confirmed the ban in July of 2024.

Dec 20, 2024 09:37

Rafael Llanes

Cardinals and Bishops•Liturgy and Divine Worship•Vocations

Cardinal Ranjith Excludes Girls from Serving as Altar Servers in Sri Lanka

According to the Prelate, the decision, formalized in a Letter dated October 22, 2024, responds to the need to protect priestly vocations, which depend exclusively on men.

Dec 19, 2024 15:45

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis has elevated 16 Carmelite nuns from Compiègne

Pope Francis canonizes the nuns whose martyrdom meant the end of the French Revolution: famous for the book by Geroge Bernanos

The Martyrs of Compiègne: Pope Francis Declares Carmelite Nuns Saints Through Rare Canonization

Pope Francis begins 2024 by asking all Catholics to pray for this intention

In the video illustrating his prayer intention for the month of January, the Pope underlines that some 250 million children worldwide are not attending school. Migration and displacement due to war and poverty are the main causes of this phenomenon. The Pope invites us to pray “for migrants, refugees and those affected by war, that their right to an education, which is necessary to build a better world, might always be respected.”

Christmas Break at ZENIT

Pope’s article in The New York Times: There Is Faith in Humor

The process of beatification of King Baudouin of Belgium officially begins: Vatican and Pope give their approval

Work and family: the Pope’s Christmas reflection to Vatican employees

On benedicence: a great reflection by the Pope for cardinals of the Roman Curia useful for every Catholic

USA: New Glossary Breaks Ground in Tackling Antisemitism Through a Catholic Lens

Pope Francis Extends a Hand of Compassion to Ukraine This Christmas

Amnesty International Says Abortionists are Human Rights Defenders

Questions about liturgy: Baptism, doubts and validity. Two burning and difficult questions

Vatican Court Issues Sentences for Embezzlement in the Sistine Chapel Choir

United Kingdom: Setback for Gender Ideology as Puberty Blockers Are Banned

Cardinal Ranjith Excludes Girls from Serving as Altar Servers in Sri Lanka