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“How could we be a synodal Church without reconciliation»: the Pope’s mea culpa before the Synod begins

Remarks of the Pope at the penitential vigil at the end of the retreat prior to the beginning of the Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

Oct 02, 2024 06:49

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Bishop Seitz Expresses Gratitude for U.S. Catholic Community’s Life-Saving Contributions to Refugee Resettlement

Through its Department of Migration and Refugee Services (MRS), the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is one of ten national resettlement agencies partnering with the federal government on USRAP. At the local level, dioceses and their Catholic Charities agencies play an essential role in helping refugees to integrate successfully into their new communities.

Oct 02, 2024 06:46

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

The Myth of Technological Neutrality

Polarization is not the reason for the demise of the technological neutrality myth. Technologies never were neutral. What is noteworthy is that this truth, evident to theorists for decades, is dawning on the populace. I have long awaited this day, and yet much about it will be bad.

Oct 01, 2024 19:22

ZENIT Staff

Testimonies

Elon Musk Criticizes “Secular Religion” and Suggests Value in Traditional Faith

A recurring theme in Musk’s criticism is the link between secularism and declining birth rates. His suggestion that «hedonism without children» reflects a growing trend in many parts of the world is backed by data. Fertility rates are dropping not just due to biological factors like infertility but also because many young adults are choosing a child-free lifestyle.

Oct 01, 2024 19:20

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Francis

Pope Francis celebrated the creation of the Catholic Institute for Nonviolence and called on everyone to be architects of a “society founded on justice and reciprocal love”

He said this at the inauguration of the Catholic Institute for Nonviolence, which is part of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative of Pax Christi International and which focuses on research into nonviolence as a way of life that is at the heart of the Gospel.

Sep 30, 2024 22:07

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

This is the prayer intention that Pope Francis commends to all Catholics

In his prayer intention for the month of October, Pope Francis invites us to pray for a “a synodal lifestyle as a sign of co-responsibility,” which promotes “the participation, communion and mission shared by priests, religious and laity.” As the General Assembly of the Synod begins, Pope Francis reaffirms that “priests are not the bosses of the laity, but their pastors” and that “Jesus called us, one and others – not one above others, or one on one side and others on another side, but complementing each other.” Whether someone is a “bus driver,” a “farmer,” or a “fisher,” the pope says the mission is the same in the Video that accompanies his prayer: “to witness with our lives,” “everyone contributing what they know how to do best.”

Sep 30, 2024 21:57

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Stipends for Pro Populo Masses, and Clarifications on Feasts

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.

Sep 30, 2024 21:53

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries

Vatican Announces “Apostolic Visit” to Flourishing Traditional Community

The Fraternity’s last ordinary Apostolic Visit, by the Ecclesia Dei Commission, took place in 2014. Given that the [Congregation] for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life was in charge of the FSSP and of other former Ecclesia Dei Institutes for three years, now it is the competence of this Dicastery to be in charge of the FSSP.

Sep 30, 2024 07:36

ZENIT Staff

Interview•Pope Francis

Interview with Pope Francis: did he get involved in politics in Belgium? Lebanon and Leuven’s criticism as “conservative”

On the return flight from Brussels, Pope Francis speaks to reporters about the attack that killed Hassan Nasrallah and many others, and reiterates his condemnation of abortion, praising the Christian witness of King Baudouin, who temporarily resigned rather than sign abortion into law.

Sep 29, 2024 07:05

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

The Pope’s third day in Belgium: Mass in front of 40,000 people and a beatification

Pope Francis Concludes Belgium Visit with Mass at King Baudouin Stadium and the Beatification of Ana de Jesús

Sep 29, 2024 07:00

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope’s second day in Belgium: prayer at the tomb of the king who did not sign pro-abortion law

Pope Francis’s second day in Belgium was a profound testament to his pastoral vision, focused on engagement with both society’s most vulnerable and those in positions of leadership.

Sep 28, 2024 09:29

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis