Justice and Peace

USA: 18 states, advocates support WA church challenging state abortion mandate

A Washington state law, SB 6219, forces churches to cover elective abortions in their health insurance plans. As a result of the state’s mandate, Cedar Park Church’s insurance carrier inserted abortion coverage, including surgical abortion coverage, directly into the church’s health plan.

Dec 04, 2023 22:52

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Moscow: Orthodox Patriarch Kirill convenes his «council»

Convened in Moscow in the two symbolic places par excellence – the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the Kremlin’s Congress Hall – the «Sobor» became a celebration of a «multinational people,» which in every way opposes the disintegration of the state, and defends its greatness beyond all borders.

Dec 04, 2023 22:47

ZENIT Staff

Angelus•Pope Francis

What is the vigilance recommended by Jesus in the Gospel? Pope explains

Address at the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, December 3, 2023

Dec 03, 2023 01:07

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Young People

Pope’s Secretary of State Vindicates Value of Celibacy to 600 French Seminarians

The Holy Father Francis’ Message signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, for the meeting with France’s seminarians

Dec 02, 2023 00:56

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Church and World•Pope Francis

Pope at climate change summit: the problem is not the number of births

«I too, who bear the name of Francis, would like to say to you with sincerity of heart: let us leave behind our divisions and join forces! And, with God’s help, let us emerge from the night of war and environmental devastation to transform our common future into a luminous dawn,» the Pope told the Summit against Climate Change in an address read by his Secretary of State.

Dec 02, 2023 00:49

ZENIT Staff

Spirituality

Vigilant waiting for God

Commentary on the Gospel of Sunday, December 03, 2023

Nov 30, 2023 23:08

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope Francis To The International Theological Commission: “We’ll Never Understand the Church if It’s Not Understood That She Is Woman”

Address to the International Theological Commission

Nov 30, 2023 12:45

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope’s Heartfelt and Fraternal Letter to the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople

Pope Francis’ letter to Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, on the occasion of the patronal feast of Saint Andrew.

Nov 30, 2023 12:42

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope Francis Explains His State of Health and Why He Didn’t Go to Dubai

The Holy Father explains how he feels and the reasons why he didn’t go to Dubai, in what would have been his last international trip in 2023

Nov 30, 2023 12:39

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

Priest freed after more than a year in Islamist captivity

Father Hans-Joachim Lohre (affectionately known as Father Ha-Jo), a German priest who has lived in Mali for three decades, went missing on 20th November 2022 after celebrating Mass at a convent in Bamako, the country’s capital.

Nov 30, 2023 11:54

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

USA: Jews and Muslims support Catholics against LGBT law that imposes indoctrination in parish and school

The Michigan Legislature recently amended the Michigan Civil Rights Act to cover sexual orientation and gender identity but provided no protection for religious organizations that believe marriage between one man and one woman and the immutability of sex support human flourishing

Nov 29, 2023 23:49

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Muslim leaders join Christians in denouncing extremism

Muslims had initially found the concept of interreligious dialogue difficult to grasp, but “after several years of effort, now some of them have an understanding of what we are doing, and what we can achieve together.

Nov 29, 2023 23:47

ZENIT Staff