Popes•Vatican City

A Month After His Death, a Postage Stamp is Released in Honour of Benedict XVI

The Republic of Italy will also issue a commemorative postage stamp in honour of Benedict XVI, although further details are yet to be made known.

Feb 06, 2023 22:20

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace

AZ Senate president, House speaker seek to defend pro-life law prohibiting disability discrimination

Abortionists filed suit to kill law that prevents babies from being targeted for death because of a disability.

Feb 06, 2023 06:35

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace

Wisconsin parents ask court to affirm their freedom to direct care, education of children

The parents filed a lawsuit in November 2021 against the Kettle Moraine School District to challenge its policy that encourages minor students to change their name and gender pronouns at school without parental consent.

Feb 06, 2023 06:26

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

A Radical Jew Desecrated a Statue of Christ in a Catholic Church in Jerusalem

This is the fifth incident that has happened in the last few weeks.

Feb 06, 2023 05:05

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Young People

Germany: There Were Only 48 Candidates to the Priesthood in the Whole Country in 2022

The number of ordained priests also decreased. Up to January 25, 2023, a total of 33 new priests were ordained in the whole country.

Feb 06, 2023 03:56

ZENIT Staff

Interview•Papal Trips•Pope Francis

A three-voice interview back from Africa: Francis and two Protestants on homosexuality, guns, Ukraine and other topics

Interview with journalists on flight back to Rome after joint visit with Anglican leader and Church of Scotland moderator to Congo and South Sudan.

Feb 05, 2023 03:56

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

This is the state of religious life in the United States: vocations, age, data, etc.

The U.S. Episcopate releases the report of Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) in its 2023 edition.

Feb 02, 2023 01:55

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

360 Million Christians Suffer High Levels of Persecution, According to the World Watch List 2023 

The Report of the “Open Doors” Evangelical organization reveals that one out of every seven Christians worldwide is persecuted or discriminated.

Jan 31, 2023 01:49

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope Receives Order of Malta in Audience: Ahead in Closing the Renewal Process

The Holy Father’s address to the participants in the Chapter General of the Order of Malta.

Jan 30, 2023 01:42

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

The new Pope Video calls parishes to truly be communities: places of listening and welcome whose doors are always open

Pope Francis’ message places the accent on parishes functioning as “schools of service and generosity” where people can “find the gift of the sacraments.”

Jan 30, 2023 01:36

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope Francis Clarifies Comments on Homosexuality to Jesuit LGBT+ Activist Father James Martin

Just two days after the interview with AP, the Holy Father answered a letter in which activist James Martin poses three questions about homosexuality.

Jan 29, 2023 17:19

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

German Bishops’ Leader Answers Pope: It’s Questionable to Lead the Church Through Interviews

President of German Bishops Criticizes the Pope’s Statements on the German Synodal Path.

Jan 29, 2023 17:09

ZENIT Staff