Rafael Llanes, Author at ZENIT

Articles By Rafael Llanes

Jerusalem’s Armenian Neighbourhood Under Risk of Loss Due to Jews’ Harassment

(ZENIT News / Jerusalem, 29.11.2023).- A group of Jewish settlers, with a radical individual who was involved in a past attack, is pressuring the Christian leaders and their community for a parcel of land, which would entail the disappearance of a quarter […]

Nov 29, 2023 22:52

Rafael Llanes

Local Church•Testimonies

Israeli Army Kills Another Christian Woman in Gaza: They Shot at Those Who Came to Her Aid; Car Is Responsible for the Death Blow

Farah, single, was a music professor who played the organ in the parish. Of Greek-Orthodox origin, she spent some time in a Baptist community and later was active in the Catholic parish. “She lived, prayed and took part in everything,” said Father Gabriel Romanelli.

Nov 27, 2023 15:11

Rafael Llanes

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Testimonies

How Many Exorcists Are There in the Catholic Church and in Which Countries Do They Work?

At present, the International Association of Exorcists (IAE) has 905 members. It’s the only Association of Exorcists recognized officially by the Holy See. The number of priests approved by Bishops as exorcists is growing throughout the world. Also increasing are those associated to the IAE, which have quadrupled in 10 years.

Nov 23, 2023 00:19

Rafael Llanes

Analysis Opinion•Persecuted Christians

Hate Crimes on The Rise Against Christians in Europe

On November 16, the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDAC) published its Annual Report on the occasion of International Tolerance Day. The Report points out that hate crimes against Christians increased. In 2022 alone, 748 hate crimes were committed.

Nov 21, 2023 23:20

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

German Catholics Donated 673 Million Euros to Projects Worldwide

The President of the Conference of the Weltkirche Commission, Bishop Bertram Meier, Bishop of Augsburg, expresses the high scope of the commitment of German Catholics to the world Church.

Sep 28, 2023 21:55

Rafael Llanes

Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

Cardinal Sako, Patriarch of Chaldean Catholics Says: “I’m Disappointed by the Holy See’s Position”

In an interview with AsiaNews on September 23, Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldeans of the Middle East, expressed the need that Rome speak to avoid a dangerous future for Iraqi Christians.

Sep 27, 2023 17:06

Rafael Llanes

Local Church•Testimonies

Benedict XVI’s Biographer Defends the Deceased Pope . . . from the President of the German Bishops!

“Mr Bätzing, I urge you to cease making knowingly false statements about Benedict XVI and that you apologize for spreading falsehoods about the German Pope,” Peter Seewald requested Georg Bätzing, leader of the German Bishops

Sep 25, 2023 16:09

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

Vatican’s Secretary of State Went to Andorra to Address Thorny Questions of The Principality’s Life

A delicate matter faced by Cardinal Pietro Parolin was the decriminalization of abortion, which both sides address with constant dialogue and discretion.

Sep 18, 2023 15:18

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

Civil Lawsuit Continues in Australia Against Deceased Cardinal George Pell

Justice pursues the Cardinal, even after his death.

Sep 18, 2023 15:15

Rafael Llanes

Rome

Three original works by El Greco in a church in Rome as a preparation for the Jubilee 2025

The painter’s canvases are on display in the Basilica of Santa Agnes, a building erected on the site where the saint was martyred: the Circus of Domitian, the current Piazza Navona.

Sep 16, 2023 20:44

Rafael Llanes

Local Church•Testimonies

New-born and All His Family To Be Beatified

The new-born child is considered a martyr by the Church, dying out of hatred of the Faith (odium fidei) in Marcowa, a small Polish town on the border with Ukraine.

Sep 05, 2023 16:50

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

This Is the Vocational Decline in Europe in 2023

If this trend is confirmed, the number of ordinations of diocesan priests will have decreased by 50% in two decades — an unheard of fact.

Aug 23, 2023 18:03

Rafael Llanes

Pope at climate change summit: the problem is not the number of births

“I too, who bear the name of Francis, would like to say to you with sincerity of heart: let us leave behind our divisions and join forces! And, with God’s help, let us emerge from the night of war and environmental devastation to transform our common future into a luminous dawn,” the Pope told the Summit against Climate Change in an address read by his Secretary of State.

Pope Francis To The International Theological Commission: “We’ll Never Understand the Church if It’s Not Understood That She Is Woman”

Address to the International Theological Commission