Rafael Manuel Tovar, Author at ZENIT

Articles By Rafael Manuel Tovar

Mel Gibson Will Release the Sequel to “The Passion” on Christ’s “Resurrection” in 2025: This Is What Is Known So Far

The release is planned for April 18, 2025, Good Friday. The production will be filmed with special events, such as the Fall of the Angels and scenes in Hell.

Apr 25, 2024 12:36

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Local Church

Knights of Columbus Remove Rupnik’s Mosaics from the Saint John Paul II Shrine in Washington, DC

The Council of the Knights of Columbus of Washington, DC has decided to remove Marko Rupnik’s mosaics from the Redemptoris Hominis and the Luminous Mysteries Chapels in Saint John Paul II’s Shrine.

Apr 23, 2024 23:40

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Analysis Opinion•Vocations•Young People

USA: Students With A Religious Vocation Are Unable to Enter the Seminary or Convent Because of University Debt

A Report of the United States National Conference of Religious Vocations warned in 2013 that “the educational debt had become a dissuasive element for many in discerning their religious vocation.” The average debt of student loans in the United States is around US$30,000.

Apr 23, 2024 13:03

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Justice and Peace•Pro Life

USA: For the First Time an American Vice-President Visits an Abortion Clinic During An Electoral Period

Toured the clinic’s facilities with the State’s Governor, Tim Walz, and Dr Sarah Traxler, Medical Directress of Planned Parenthood North Central States.

Mar 26, 2024 23:40

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Persecuted Christians

Canada: Government Refuses to Condemn Burning of Catholic Churches

Prime Minister Trudeau’s Liberals were quick to condemn vandalism against Islamic mosques, such as anti-Islam graffiti on the facade of the Cambridge Islamic Center on February 12.

Mar 21, 2024 23:28

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Analysis Opinion•Gender Ideology•Young People

USA: Young People’s Support for Gay Unions Drops

22% of young people in the United States between 18 and 29 years of age identify with the LGBTQ ideology as do 58% of residents in the United States, who consider themselves liberals or relate to the Democratic Party. It is relevant that the majority of Americans considered to be LGBTQ have no religious affiliation: 35% say they are Christians and 5% are non-Christian believers.

Mar 20, 2024 00:16

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Analysis Opinion•Marriage and Family•Young People

The Future of Marriage in the United States: Studies Reveal that One Out of Three Young People Will Never Marry

Stone added, with a certain irony, “There is no reason to believe that we are entering in a period of chastity or celibacy that increases dramatically, so the decrease in marriage is obviously worrying for Churches, as it suggests that a greater proportion of people in our society will be faced with life experiences that may not fit well with the teachings of the Church.”

Mar 12, 2024 23:03

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Analysis Opinion•Justice and Peace

World Health Organization Reaches Agreements on Pandemics . . . Which Threaten Freedom of Expression

The debate has focused on preventing future pandemic threats. Has the draft overlooked other points? What impact will the agreement have on essential liberties, especially freedom of expression?

Mar 07, 2024 19:42

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Causes of Saints•Good News•Testimonies

Argentina: Carmelite Nun of the Beautiful Smile Who Died of Cancer, Begins Her Path to the Altars

The second of ten siblings, a nurse and violin virtuosa, she entered the Convent of Saint Teresa and Saint Joseph in 1996. She made her first vows in 1997 and her perpetual profession in 2003. She was 43 when she died and had an evangelizing smile.

Mar 07, 2024 19:37

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Analysis Opinion•Testimonies

Exorcists Detect Increase in Diabolic Activity in People Under the Form of Demonic Obsession

Chad Ripperger gave a lecture at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City in early February 2024 and expressed that witchcraft and pornography encourage the increase in diabolical possessions and deeds.

Mar 05, 2024 00:56

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Local Church•Pro Life

Canada: Courageous Bishop Challenges Law in Favour of Euthanasia

The amendment to the Canadian physician-assisted dying law includes suicide as euthanasia: it has been challenged by a Catholic archbishop for its possible implications on religious freedom, conscience rights, property rights and the performance of public associations -private.

Feb 29, 2024 16:39

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Local Church•Marriage and Family•Young People

The Quality of Parent-Child Relationships in the USA

Survey highlights that married parents report a greater quality of relationships with their children than those that have never been married, as do biological parents compared with other relatives. Parents with a conservative attitude report more harmonious and better quality of relationships with their children than do liberal or tolerant parents.

Feb 21, 2024 00:06

Rafael Manuel Tovar

The virtue of faith explained by Pope Francis

Pope’s General Audience, May 1, 2024 on the Theological Virtue of Faith

Historic: Pope Francis to participate in G7 summit and discuss Artificial Intelligence

Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, announcing a historic event: the first time in history that a Pope participates in a G7 summit. The summit will take place in Apulia from June 13 to 15, 2024, and will involve the leaders of the countries that make up the G7: the United States, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan.