ZENIT Staff, Author at ZENIT - English

United Nations groups on Tuesday hosted a presentation by scholars who are trying to undermine Church teaching on sexuality and Humanae Vitae. A much larger group of Catholic scholars immediately responded. The dissident Wijngaards Institute released a statement with the presentation at the UN, […]

Sep 22, 2016 20:14

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Justice and Peace

Vatican Backs Those Concerned About Antibiotic Resistance

Notes those most at risk are the poor

Sep 22, 2016 20:13

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Vatican City

Bishops: Let's Not Forget SE Asia in Talk of Refugee Crisis

US bishops’ official says trip to region was ‘eye-opening’

Sep 22, 2016 20:07

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Local Church

Bishop Named Coadjutor of Alexandria, Louisiana

And nuncio named for Solomon Islands

Sep 22, 2016 19:34

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Local Church

Church Mourns Chinese Prelate Who Spent Decades Under Arrest

Offered forced labor as ‘fragrant sacrifice’ to the Lord

Sep 22, 2016 19:29

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Council of Europe Rejects Surrogacy Resolution

«Surrogacy is never in the best interests of either children or women»

Sep 22, 2016 18:09

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Meetings

Statute for Communications Secretariat Published Today

Enters into force Oct. 1

Sep 22, 2016 18:05

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General Audience

General Audience: Be Perfect (Merciful) as Your Heavenly Father Is Perfect (Merciful)

«St Luke specifies that perfection is merciful love: to be perfect means to be merciful»

Sep 21, 2016 19:29

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General Audience

Pope Prays for Alzheimer's Patients

Encourages approaching patients with Mary’s solicitude and Jesus’ tenderness, so they ‘feel our closeness’

Sep 21, 2016 19:27

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Vatican Announces Winner of the “Nobel Prize in Theology”: The 2026 Ratzinger Prize

The Prize will be awarded by the Holy Father Leo XIV on 19 December at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. The Prize is awarded to scholars who have distinguished themselves through outstanding achievements in publication and scientific research. Nominations for the Prize are submitted to the Holy Father, for his approval, by the Foundation’s Scientific Committee.

Pope Leo XIV to pray Rosary for peace with hundreds of children at the Vatican

On 1 October, between 700 and 1,000 children from schools and parishes in Rome will join the Holy Father in the Vatican Gardens, marking the beginning of the “One Million Children Praying the Rosary” initiative promoted by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).