Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Holy Land: Boosting pastoral work despite growing anti-Christian discrimination

Activities will include catechism classes for children and summer festivals with concerts and prayers for more than 200 youths.

Aug 10, 2023 05:41

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Justice and Peace•Local Church

U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman Rejects Distortion of Pregnant Workers’ Protection Law

The Act is pro-worker, pro-family, and pro-life. It is a total distortion to use this law as a means for advancing abortion, and the complete opposite of needed assistance for pregnant mothers

Aug 10, 2023 05:39

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

Martha, the Young African Girl Who Gave Her Testimony Before the Pope: She Fled Her Village Because of Terrorism, but Has Kept Her Faith

Martha, the 18-year old Mozambican girl, who gave her testimony in the World Youth Day

Aug 09, 2023 18:14

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General Audience•Pope Francis

Pope Talks in Rome About His Personal Experience of the World Youth Day in Lisbon

Pope’s General Audience on Wednesday, August 9, focused on Lisbon’s World
Youth Day

Aug 09, 2023 17:49

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Dicasteries•Rome

Opus Dei and Pope’s Modification of Canon Law Numbers: How Did It Get to This Point ?

Pope Francis modified two numbers of Canon Law. Given that they say it relates to the only Personal Prelature that exists at present in the Church, what chronology has led to this modification?  

Aug 09, 2023 15:38

ZENIT Staff

Papal Trips•WYD Lisbon 2023

Lisbon WYD (Day 5): Pope Proposes Three Actions to 1.5 Million Young People in WYD, which Touched Hearts

Pope’s Homily at the closing Mass of the World Youth Day.

Aug 06, 2023 20:14

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Papal Trips•WYD Lisbon 2023

WYD Lisbon 2023 (day 5): This is how the Pope’s trip to Lisbon concluded

Meeting with the volunteers of WYD and farewell from the Portuguese President at Lisbon Airport.

Aug 06, 2023 20:05

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Angelus•Papal Trips

Lisbon WYD (Day 5): “Thank You, Lord Jesus, and Thank You, Mary, Our Mother.” Pope’s Moving Gratitude in Lisbon

Pope’s address before the Angelus Marian Prayer.

Aug 06, 2023 19:47

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

These are the three royal gifts that Pope Francis has left in Portugal

A golden rosary, a chalice, and a low-relief painting.

Aug 06, 2023 18:35

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Archives

This is the Catholic Korea that will host the 2027 WYD: a country where vocations grow, baptisms increase, and sacramental practices are strong

Statistics of the Catholic Church in Korea, host country for the next WYD in 2027.

Aug 06, 2023 17:19

ZENIT Staff

WYD Lisbon 2023

From Lisbon to Seoul by Way of Rome: Korea Will Be the Next Venue of the WYD with a Stop Over in Italy

A prior stage to the 2027 appointment will be the convocation to the Jubilee for Young People in the context of  the Ordinary Jubilee, which the Church will celebrate throughout 2025 in Rome and the Vatican.

Aug 06, 2023 16:58

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Papal Trips•WYD Lisbon 2023

Lisbon WYD (Day 4): “The Church Doesn’t Have Doors, so that Everyone Can Enter: Pope’s Moving Message in Fatima

The Holy Father also reflected on a Marian “advocation” very close to people’s reality and to what Mary is and does with each one who invokes her as the Hasty Virgin.

Aug 05, 2023 18:51

ZENIT Staff