Local Church

A «Personal Prelature» for «Filipino emigrants» under study

The debate within the Philippine Bishops’ Conference over the proposal to establish a personal prelature for Filipino migrants has been going on for at least three years. The Bishops’ Conference, meanwhile, has set up a special commission to carry out further studies and assessments on the proposal before submitting the matter to the Holy See and making a formal request.

Sep 13, 2023 23:11

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Rome

Syro-Malankara Orthodox celebrate Mass in one of Rome’s four main basilicas

A day later, the Syro-Malankar Orthodox leader was received in audience by the Pope at the Vatican. Mutual speeches were followed by a common prayer in Pope Francis’s private chapel.

Sep 12, 2023 23:02

ZENIT Staff

Rome

200 years after the fire of St. Paul’s Outside the Walls, the bands of the Italian Army and the Vatican offer a concert

The event, organized by the Basilica and the adjacent Abbey of St. Paul, will feature a joint performance by the Vatican Gendarmerie Band and the Italian Army Band, under the direction of Maestros Stefano Iannilli and Major Filippo Cangiamila, respectively.

Sep 12, 2023 21:51

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Nicaragua: Ortega’s dictatorship kidnaps Catholic priest

Lawyer Martha Patricia Molina, a researcher on the persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, comments that the priest’s kidnapping is possibly a reprisal for his recent celebrations in which he prayed for the freedom of Bishop Rolando Álvarez, the bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa and apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Estelí.

Sep 12, 2023 21:45

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Pope Francis

“Proclaiming Christ Unites Rather Than Divides,” Says Pope to Head of Syro-Malankar Orthodox

Pope’s address to Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, Catholicos of the Syro-Malankar Orthodox Church

Sep 11, 2023 23:45

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope Francis’ Impressive Address on Work Accidents

The Pope’s address to members of the Italian National Association of Mutilated and Invalid Workers

Sep 11, 2023 17:56

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

Historic: entire family beatified including newborn baby born during martyrdom

In the witness and martyrdom of the Ulma’s and their children we discover anew the greatness of the family, a place of life, love and fruitfulness – said Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, in his homily at the Mass for the rite of beatification of the Ulma Family, which took place on September 10, 2023 in Markowa, in the Podkarpacie region.

Sep 11, 2023 00:34

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Vatican City

“Vatican Sports House” Opens, Headquarters of New “Sports Ministry”

Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, to whom in the recent (2022) Apostolic Constitution the Pope entrusted the area of sports, will bless and inaugurate the “Vatican Sports House” on Wednesday, September 20, at 6:30 pm.

Sep 11, 2023 00:15

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

Provocation at the Vatican? Russian artist intends to exhibit work on Vatican border

Valentina di Giorgio (ZENIT News / Rome, 09.11.2023).- His name is Andrei Molodkin, and he is Russian. He’s also referred to as an artist, but he practices a very particular form of art: protest art using human blood. He is planning to […]

Sep 11, 2023 00:08

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Testimonies

Successor of St. José María Escrivá on the verge of beatification after miracle in Mexico

The possible miracle consists in the speed and integrity of the recovery, without rehabilitation, of Juan Carlos Bisogno, who suffered a severe cranioencephalic traumatism, fracture with temporal collapse, pneumoencephalon and fracture of the middle floor, with the total absence of neurological and psychological sequelae.

Sep 11, 2023 00:08

ZENIT Staff

Angelus•Pope Francis

Pope Francis Explains Fraternal Correction

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, September 10, 2023

Sep 10, 2023 23:24

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace

USA: Request Made to Supreme Court to Lift Restrictions on Abortion Pill

Pro-life groups seek to ban mifepristone due to its long history of being unsafe.

Sep 10, 2023 22:08

ZENIT Staff