Cardinals and Bishops•Pope Francis

“Be a sign of hope with words and gestures,” Pope asks Arab Catholic bishops

Pope’s address to Latin Catholic bishops from Arab countries received in audience at the Vatican

Aug 28, 2024 18:29

ZENIT Staff

General Audience•Pope Francis

Migrants, sea and desert: an unexpected catechesis on migration from the Pope

Pope’s General Audience, August 28, 2024 on “migration”.

Aug 28, 2024 18:26

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Church and World•Local Church•Vatican Diplomacy

Communist China recognizes 94-year-old Catholic bishop Melchiorre Shi Honghzen

In the latest development of the Agreement between China and the Holy See, authortities recognise the ‘underground’ prelate long under arrest for refusing to join the Patriotic Association as leader of the local Catholic community. Archbishop Celli had met him two years ago and presented him with a pectoral cross in the name of Francis. Today’s ceremony was held in a hotel and not in the cathedral to reaffirm aappointment’s civil rather than canonical character.

Aug 28, 2024 18:22

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Religious Freedom

Why Are Several African Countries Attacking Freedom of Religion?

The deaths in Kenya of members of a congregations practicing extreme fasting are used as a pretext to severely limit freedom of religion in various countries.

Aug 28, 2024 18:19

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Good News

New Scientific Study Proves That The Holy Shroud Dates Back to Jesus Christ’s Time

This study is only one of several in the last decade that point to the authenticity of the Shroud as a relic of Jesus’ time. Another recent study identified the origin of the linen in the Levant region, at present Israel and Lebanon, a fact that reinforces the connection of the Shroud with the Holy Land.

Aug 28, 2024 05:32

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Vestments for Altar Servers

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.

Aug 27, 2024 18:30

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Monumental statue dedicated to the Eucharist inaugurated in Rio de Janeiro

The design of the monument, dedicated to the Blessed Sacrament and Jesus Christ, is both majestic and deeply devotional

Aug 27, 2024 18:25

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Gender Ideology•Pro Life

New S*exual Colonialism in UN Treaty on Development

The confusion surrounding the treaty arises from the fact that these terms have been part of non-binding international agreements for many years.

Aug 27, 2024 18:18

ZENIT Staff

Rome

Congress specialized in ecclesial institutional communication in the context of Jubilee 2025 for communicators announced

This international forum, held every two years, is directed to communications officials from dioceses, ecclesial circumscriptions, episcopal conferences, congregations, institutes of consecrated life, movements and other Church realities.

Aug 27, 2024 17:48

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Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Research Indicates That Discrimination Against Christians in Europe Has Increased by 44%

OIDAC Europe’s 2022/23 Annual Report pointed out a 44% increase in hate crimes against Christians, with a total of 749 incidents recorded, the majority of which were acts of vandalism and arson.

Aug 27, 2024 05:38

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Vatican City

Nicaraguan Dictator Accuses Vatican of Being a “Fascist Conglomerate”

He made these statements during a virtual meeting of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), a political and economic coalition, which brings together ten countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, including Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba and Bolivia.

Aug 27, 2024 05:35

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Pope Francis•Vatican City

Pope to Lebanese after 4 years of explosion: “with you I ask for truth and justice, which have not yet arrived”

Pope’s words to a group of Lebanese, relatives of victims killed in Beirut port explosions

Aug 26, 2024 17:56

ZENIT Staff