Local Church•Pope Francis•Religious Freedom

Pope creates new diocese in China and appoints bishop, in agreement with country’s communist government

The diocese had been without a bishop since 2008. During the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, proclaimed by Pope Francis between 2015 and 2016, the community promoted the reading of Sacred Scripture, biblical courses, and Mercy Concerts.

Jan 29, 2024 14:31

Rafael Llanes

Islam

Participants in Muslims’ Pilgrimage to Mecca Increased by 58% in 2023

Rabia also referred to the existence of “several projects underway to develop Mecca’s infrastructure, at a cost that exceeds US$1,333million.”

Jan 26, 2024 23:25

Rafael Llanes

Gender Ideology•Homosexuality•Justice and Peace

Australian Government Prohibits LGBTIQ People Prayers of Repentance

Victoria’s Equality of Opportunities and Human Rights Commission established the “prayer practices related to the prohibition,” “with or without an LGBT person,” as illegal. Thus the Government has established what can or cannot be prayed within oneself.

Jan 11, 2024 17:31

Rafael Llanes

Church and World•Local Church

Catholic Church Generates 3% of Spain’s GDP in 2024 Thanks to Its Cultural Patrimony

Goods of cultural interest and religious festivities of tourist interest will have an impact in 2024 and will repeat the 3% of Spain’s GDP, according to economic data published by the Bishops

Jan 09, 2024 00:06

Rafael Llanes

Gender Ideology•Justice and Peace•Persecuted Christians

England: Teacher Refuses to Teach LGBT Ideology in “Christian” School and Is Persecuted

After teaching classes for 12 years, Glawdys Leger, 43, was dismissed and singled out as a “dangerous criminal” for refusing to impart LGTQI lessons of the Religious Education Program to 7th year students.

Jan 06, 2024 00:27

Rafael Llanes

Controversies•Local Church

Gender Ideology Comes to Christmas Cribs… Including with the Help of a Priest

In Capocastello di Mercogliano , a village near Naples, Italy, Father Vitaliano Della Sala defended the representation of Jesus’ birth in a Nativity Scene with two Mothers of the Child Jesus, instead of Mary and Joseph.

Jan 03, 2024 13:08

Rafael Llanes

Church and World•Local Church

Re-inauguration of Notre Dame de Paris will be in 2024. Macron invites the Pope

Macron also announced a competition for the design of six new stained glass windows in some chapels of the cathedral, commemorating the restoration after the fire.

Dec 13, 2023 00:15

Rafael Llanes

Local Church•Pope Francis

What does Pope Francis’ letter to the convert and Nobel Laureate in Literature 2023 say?

Bishop Bernt Eidsvig of Oslo described the Pope’s letter as a «great – and well-deserved – honor,» demonstrating not only the international attention drawn by the award but also how Fosse’s words resonate worldwide, reaching even the halls of the Vatican.

Dec 06, 2023 23:37

Rafael Llanes

Justice and Peace

European Court of Justice bans religious symbols in the workplace

A EU Court of Justice ruled that the rule «may be considered objectively justified by a legitimate purpose,» although it acknowledges that the public administration may authorize the use of visible signs by employees regarding their philosophical or religious convictions

Dec 05, 2023 23:02

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

Bethlehem, Town of Jesus’ Birth, Will Not Be Celebrating Christmas: Here Is the Reason Why

Hanna Hanania, outgoing Mayor of Bethlehem, a small town in the Palestinian West Bank, said to EWTN agency in English that, “like any other Palestinian city, Bethlehem is in mourning and sad.” “We cannot celebrate while we’re in this situation,” referring to the Israel-Hamas war.

Dec 04, 2023 22:24

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

The Presidents of the German and Polish Episcopates Confront One Another Over the German Reforms

Monsignor Georg Bätzing expressed his reaction in a letter to Archbishop Gadecki The Bishop of Limburg, Germany, accuses his Polish counterpart of Poznan of “rather unbrotherly behaviour” and of “enormous overreach of his authority.” The Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita published Bishop Bätzing’s letter, dated November 21.

Dec 03, 2023 22:36

Rafael Llanes

Holy Land

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