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

ZENIT Staff

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

Vatican City

Spirituality and Astronomy: a workshop at the Pope’s Astronomical Observatory

This workshop offers a rare opportunity to connect the spiritual with the scientific, providing a space for participants to ponder the mysteries of the universe in the context of their faith.

Aug 26, 2024 17:50

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

China, Catholic Clergy Starts Receiving “Patriotic Education”

The United Front lamented that religions do not implement the new law on domestic propaganda quickly enough. The Patriotic Catholic Church mobilized immediately.

Aug 26, 2024 17:48

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Pope Francis

Scientific Study Shows That Pope Francis’ Trips Have Positive Effects in the Realm of Human Rights

The study is based on the analysis of 283 visits carried out by four Popes — from Paul VI to Francis –, examining the global media coverage on human rights, papal addresses and changes in the violations of these rights in the countries visited.

Aug 26, 2024 06:50

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis•Testimonies

Pope Francis Receives In Private Audience Innocent Man Who Spent 33 Years in Prison

Zuncheddu, who in 1991 was accused of committing a tripple murder when he was only 26, faced a long and torturous legal process that kept him behind bars until January 2024, when Italy’s Court of Appeal acknowledged his innocence.

Aug 26, 2024 06:46

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church

Prefect of the Dicastery for Education visits Argentine neighborhood and meets founder of the Pope’s Scholas project

Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education of the Vatican, traveled to Barrio 31 to visit the historic headquarters of the international educational movement Scholas Occurrentes, created by Pope Francis at the beginning of his pontificate, where he listened to the testimonies of young people participating in the various initiatives and of the teachers.

Aug 25, 2024 17:56

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Causes of Saints•Local Church

Is she incorrupt? Bishop issues statement on incorruption of Benedictine nun who died in 2019

The report also noted that the history related to Sister Wilhelmina’s death and burial does not describe conditions that would be expected to protect against decomposition.

Aug 25, 2024 17:54

ZENIT Staff

Angelus•Pope Francis

Is following Jesus easy? Pope Francis answers at the Sunday Angelus

Allocution on the occasion of the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, August 25, 2024

Aug 25, 2024 17:50

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Local Church•Testimonies

This is the group of Catholic nuns in Kansas that makes Google, Target and Citigroup uncomfortable

The sisters, led by Sister Barbara McCracken, have emerged as unexpected critics of some of the largest players in the business world, including Google, Target, and Citigroup.

Aug 23, 2024 17:22

ZENIT Staff