Bioethics•Justice and Peace

Belgium: euthanasia cases increased by 15% in 2023

There was only one euthanasia of a minor — a 16-year-old girl with a brain tumour who donated her organs after her death. There have only been five confirmed cases of euthanised minors since Belgium’s euthanasia law was amended in 2014.

Mar 08, 2024 19:51

ZENIT Staff

Gender Ideology

Transsexual murders male and it’s counted as murder of a woman: Harry Potter author outraged

Rowling argued that crime statistics become meaningless if offences committed by men are recorded as crimes by women. She insisted that Blake is not a woman, and the crimes should not be attributed to women.

Mar 08, 2024 19:48

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Update on Christian community and institutions in Gaza

Over 400 Christian families are sheltering in or seeking emergency food aid from both the Greek Orthodox Church of St Porphyrius, and the Holy Family Church. The Greek Orthodox Church provides water, breakfast, and lunch, along with washing facilities. Additionally, the Church is distributing petrol to maintain the operation of generators.

Mar 08, 2024 05:10

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Justice and Peace

New Book Reveals Sordid History of UN Population Control

The authors note that the “Human Reproductive Progamme” was founded amid the furor over the “population bomb” scare popularized by Malthusian author Paul Ehrlich, whose 1968 book warned that overpopulation would lead to widespread human suffering, starvation, and death.

Mar 08, 2024 05:04

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

The Pope’s Meditation on the “Act of Sorrow” of Confession in Three Good Points

Speech by the Pope to the participants in the course on the Internal Jurisdiction promoted by the Apostolic Penitentiary

Mar 08, 2024 04:56

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace

China: new law on state secrets but without saying what is a state secret

The new Law on Guarding State Secrets comes into effect on May 1. It expands the field of secrets to everything the CCP decides is a secret.

Mar 08, 2024 03:39

ZENIT Staff

Good News

Andrea Boccelli, a great «feminist» film (on International Women’s Day) and a fascinating trailer not to be missed

Cabrini embarks on a bold mission to persuade the hostile mayor to secure housing and medical care for the most vulnerable in society. The film tells the inspiring true story of this woman who, moreover, is real: indeed, the Catholic Church canonized her.

Mar 07, 2024 01:31

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis•Protection of vulnerable people

Proximity and compassion: the style for accompanying victims of abuse pointed out by the Pope

Pope’s Address to Members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Mar 07, 2024 01:26

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis•Woman

Women in the Church: style and education. Two of the Pope’s ideas in favor of women

Pope’s address to participants at the congress «Women in the Church: Artificers of Humanity», held in Rome

Mar 07, 2024 01:21

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Gender Ideology

Study indicates transgender drugs and surgeries don’t alleviate mental health issues in adolescents

The research disputes the assertion by certain lawmakers and transgender activists that puberty-blocking drugs and gender reassignment surgeries are «life-saving medicine.»

Mar 07, 2024 01:17

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Like a grandfather talking to his grandchildren: the Pope’s letter with simple advice to all the world’s children

Pope’s Message for the first World Children’s Day

Mar 07, 2024 01:12

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Local Church•Testimonies

Donate 5 million euros to emblematic Parisian church: and here are the reasons why

Despite their modest life, Daout decided to bequeath this substantial sum to a place that held special meaning for her and her husband. Childless and after living her final days in a nursing home in the Marais, Daout passed away in 2020 after suffering a stroke during the lockdown period of the previous pandemic.

Mar 07, 2024 01:10

ZENIT Staff