Analysis Opinion

Four Bishops Halt German Synodal Way Prohibiting the Use of Money

The bishops who have slowed down the synodal path are Cardinal Woelki, from Cologne; Bishop Hanke of Eichstätt; Bishop Oster of Passau; and Voderholzer, from Regensburg.

Jun 20, 2023 15:37

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope Francis Grants Audience to Cuba’s Communist President: They Talked about the Island’s “Blockade” 

Upon the arrival of the President of Cuba in Vatican City, a group of Cubans demonstrated peacefully against whom they consider a communist dictator.

Jun 20, 2023 15:31

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis•Rome

Jesuit Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda Replaces Cardinal Raymond Burke as Patron of the Order of Malta

The Cardinal patron is the personal representative of the Pope before the Order.

Jun 19, 2023 13:28

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Four Stars that Make Religious’ Apostolate Luminous According to the Pope

From the speech to the Lateran Canons Regular.

Jun 19, 2023 13:21

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Spirituality

Pope to American Catholics: The Eucharist Isn’t a Symbol, It’s the Real Presence of Christ Among Us

Address to the members of the Organizing Committee of the National Eucharistic Congress of the United States of America.

Jun 19, 2023 13:13

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis•Rome

Pope Francis receives in audience the new Prince of the Order of Malta

The meeting, which takes place a few days after the Holy Father was discharged from hospital, is the first since Fra’ John Dunlap was elected 81st Grand Master of the Order of Malta on 3rd May last.

Jun 19, 2023 00:45

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

When God is insulted… the Los Angeles archbishop’s response to the Dodgers

Homily of the Archbishop of Los Angeles on the Solemnity of Sacred Heart.

Jun 19, 2023 00:41

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

USA: bishops vote on the immediate future of the church in the country (these are the issues and results)

The bishops chose to continue discussions on the priorities that will shape the USCCB’s Strategic Plan.

Jun 18, 2023 13:40

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Dicasteries•Local Church•Testimonies

All U.S. bishops in favor of canonization of 5 French priests

The five French-born priests left their homeland to minister to the people in what was then a newly erected diocese which was in the frontier wilderness of northern Louisiana.

Jun 18, 2023 13:33

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Protection of vulnerable people•Rome

Father Marko Rupnik Corrects the Society of Jesus: He Asked to Leave First and with Him All the Jesuits of the Aletti Center

According to Maria Campatelli, director of the Aletti Center, «the event that led to his resignation deserves a reconstruction that takes into account at least other elements.»

Jun 17, 2023 18:26

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope Francis Goes to Thank the Virgin Mary After Leaving the Hospital

The Holy See Press Office has notified that the general audience on Wednesday, June 21, is suspended to safeguard the post-operative recovery of the Pontiff.

Jun 16, 2023 23:09

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Jesuits expel Rupnik for «stubborn disobedience»

Rupnik still has the possibility to appeal the expulsion, according to the Code of Canon Law.

Jun 15, 2023 19:36

ZENIT Staff