Art and Culture

Remembering Paul VI's UN Visit in '65

Pope Montini ‘proposed dialogue between the Church and the contemporary world as the cornerstone of his pontificate’

Oct 08, 2015 19:13

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace

Congress Decision to Continue Planned Parenthood Investigation Welcomed

«Those who claim there is no wrongdoing here should not be afraid of an investigation»

Oct 08, 2015 19:07

ZENIT Staff

Meetings

Pope’s Morning Homily: Why Do Good Things Happen to Bad People?

At Casa Santa Marta, Francis Says Fruits of the Suffering of the Just Are Often Yet to Be See

Oct 08, 2015 18:59

ZENIT Staff

Documents

Archbishop Chaput's Intervention at Synod: Marriage as a Witness to Hope

«The work of this synod needs to show much more confidence in the Word of God, the transformative power of grace, and the ability of people to actually live what the Church believes»

Oct 08, 2015 18:39

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

US Bishops: California's Legalization of Assisted Suicide a 'Great Tragedy for Human Life'

«Where such ‘assistance’ is legal, most people taking the lethal drugs do so not because of pain but because they feel they are helpless and a ‘burden’ on others. The state of California in effect is now confirming this judgment. A government that legalizes assisted suicide sends the terrible message Pope Francis has so eloquently warned us against, that there is such a thing as disposable people’

Oct 08, 2015 14:25

ZENIT Staff

Documents

Synod15: Intervention of Nkosi Family of South Africa During 3rd General Congregation

‘Part of our calling is to encourage them [young people] to enter into the journey of Holy Matrimony looking at Christ as their new hope.’

Oct 08, 2015 12:45

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Persecuted Christians

Philippines: Franciscans Commit to Explaining ‘Laudato Si’

OFM Provincial Says Franciscans Must Return to Ideals of St. Francis of Assisi

Oct 07, 2015 12:56

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General Audience

GENERAL AUDIENCE: On the Relationship Between the Church and the Family

“May the enthusiasm of the Synod Fathers, animated by the Holy Spirit, foster the impetus of a Church that abandons the old nets and returns to fish trusting in the word of her Lord.”

Oct 07, 2015 10:14

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Persecuted Christians

Tanzania: Christian Leaders Launch Appeal to Stop Manipulation Before Elections

 Call for Citizens to Beware of Politicians Hoping to Divide

Oct 07, 2015 09:58

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Persecuted Christians

Pakistan: Catholic Teacher Assaulted in Pakistan

Beaten by Muslim Teachers for Refusing to Resign As Headmaster

Oct 06, 2015 15:23

ZENIT Staff

Documents

Synod15: Cardinal George Alencherry's Homily During Terce (Mid-Morning Prayer)

«The pastors of the Church in the present times are called to take upon their lives a prophetic role of suffering and kenosis, similar to that of prophet Jeremiah.»

Oct 06, 2015 11:23

ZENIT Staff

Meetings

Pope Prays for Victims in Guatemala, France

Landslide Strikes El Cambray, Flooding in French Riviera

Oct 05, 2015 14:12

ZENIT Staff