Local Church•Vocations•Young People

These are the men who will be ordained priests in the U.S. in 2024

The average age at ordination was 34 years old. Since 1999, the average age was 35 and ranged between 33 and 37.

Apr 29, 2024 23:43

ZENIT Staff

Rome

Pope Francis to the Regnum Christi and the Legionaries of Christ: “That Their Aspiration Be Encouraged To Be Always True Apostles”

The General Convention of the Regnum Christi Family began with a letter of Pope Francis to the delegates of the different components of that ecclesial family

Apr 29, 2024 23:13

ZENIT Staff

Jubilee 2025•Pope Francis

The Pope Will Make Known the Date of the Start of the Jubilee on May 9 in Saint Peter’s Basilica

It is customary that on day of the Ascension of the previous year to a Jubilee, the Pope signs a Bull proclaiming the Holy Year, in which he indicates the date of its start and its end.

Apr 29, 2024 23:10

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope Francis’ Visit to Venice

A women’s prison, meeting with the world of art, before thousands of young people, Mass in the main Square and a visit to the tomb of Saint Mark, marked Pope Francis’ Sunday agenda in Venice.

Apr 28, 2024 13:08

ZENIT Staff

Marriage and Family•Pope Francis

3 pieces of advice from the Pope for grandparents and grandchildren at the Vatican: “Seek out your grandparents and don’t marginalize them” (one of them)

Address of the Pope to the elderly, grandchildren and children participating in the meeting “The caress and the smile” promoted by the Foundation “Età Grande”.

Apr 27, 2024 02:20

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis•Vatican Diplomacy

Papal Audience for the Catholic President of Hungary

President Tamás Sulyok is a catholic and was accompanied by his wife

Apr 25, 2024 23:47

ZENIT Staff

General Audience•Pope Francis

Pope Francis explains the theological virtues as follows

Pope’s General Audience, April 24, 2024 on the theological virtues

Apr 24, 2024 23:18

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Justice and Peace

Israel: Israeli judge orders eviction of more Palestinian families

In 2022, the Supreme Court had intervened by «freezing» the expropriations in the neighbourhood long at the centre of high tensions in East Jerusalem. A judge ordered the eviction of three families by July. Behind the decision is said to be pressure from Nahalat Shimon, a pro-settlement group. The army ordered the seizure of land north of Hebron, a UN note against settler violence.

Apr 23, 2024 21:36

ZENIT Staff

Bioethics

Belgian health care boss says euthanasia is the solution to an ageing population

A number of politicians supported Van Gorp’s call to make “a completed life” a justification for euthanasia.

Apr 23, 2024 21:33

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Religious Freedom

Israel continues to violate human rights of Christians just because they are Palestinians

Layan Nasir, a 23-year-old native of Birzeit, is the only Christian woman under «administrative detention». She was taken, blindfolded and handcuffed, overnight by a military patrol without an arrest warrant or charges against her. The Bethlehem Lutheran leader: Israel enjoys «impunity» and “feels entitled to destroy the lives of millions of people.”

Apr 22, 2024 23:24

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Religious Freedom

Vatican v. France on religious freedom could go to Strasbourg court

The Holy See reminded France that when civil courts second-guess the decision of expelling a nun from her religious order, freedom of religion is “gravely violated.”

Apr 22, 2024 23:21

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Pro Life

2 billion in money for killing babies: Planned Parenthood’s financial results released

The sobering reality is that Planned Parenthood is swimming in cash and aborting more unborn children than ever before.

Apr 22, 2024 23:18

ZENIT Staff