Kirill: Russian culture and the salvation of the world

Sep 16, 2024 18:41

ZENIT Staff

Patriarch Kirill Photo: Euronews

This is why you see so many “Pride” flags at pro-abortion events and abortion rights signs at “Pride” parades.

Two large religious blocs are emerging with clear support for the main contenders: Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

Don Buettner revealed the deep benefits that faith in God renders to those who want to live a long and prosperous life.

Analysis Opinion

Helping Penitents Overcome Pornography Use Within the Sacrament of the Penance

Catholics who consume pornography are often racked by guilt because it violates their fundamental values. The confessor celebrating the sacrament of penance is a mediator and instrument of God’s mercy. A priest within the sacrament of confession is simultaneously a representative of Christ, the Church, and humanity.

Sep 12, 2024 18:35

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

What Do Catholics Think about Synodality?

Since the Vatican is so committed to the synodal process, it would make sense for those in charge of it to use scientific methods in engaging the faithful and to be fully transparent with those results. Otherwise, the whole effort creates more doubt among the faithful with respect to the goals of synodality and the Synod on Synodality

Sep 10, 2024 14:46

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

Alarming report: crisis of violence and kidnappings against Christians in Nigeria rises to critical levels

The report stresses that Christians have been the main victims of this wave of violence. Nigeria’s Humanitarian Crisis: Over 55,000 Killed in Just Four Years

Sep 06, 2024 16:03

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

The arrest of Durov (Telegram founder) in France and the paradoxes of freedom

Both the mouthpieces of Russia’s rulers and most opposition voices in Moscow reacted surprisingly as one to the arrest in France of Russian Internet tsar, to defend freedom of expression and communication. This is a sign that the ultimate weapon of war is not the assault drone or the nuclear bomb, but ideologies that distort reality.

Sep 03, 2024 17:42

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

China and Vatican: “sinicization” is not inculturation

A true inculturation of the Gospel in China would call China and the despotic regime that currently controls it to conversion. “Sinicization,” by contrast, is a call to the kowtow, to obsequious acquiescence to the regime’s program of social control, which is essentially a refinement of what George Orwell described in the dystopian novel 1984

Aug 30, 2024 15:46

ZENIT Staff

Reflections by Leo XIV on certain elements that constitute the sacred liturgy, such as rite, sign, and symbol

The Pope’s General Audience, June 3, 2026, on certain elements that constitute the sacred liturgy, such as rites, signs, and symbols

Threats of Islamist attacks come to light during Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Spain

The propaganda poster, distributed through online channels associated with Islamist extremism, targets several of the Pope’s most prominent public appearances during his June visit

Kirill: Russian culture and the salvation of the world

Vatican’s dialogue with China and Pope Francis’ realism

The Bizarre Alliance Between Transgenderism and Abortion

Religion and Elections in the USA: Pew Research Reveals How Each Candidate Is Supported

On Religion: Clergy Should Worry About Teens And Smartphones

Attending Church Regularly Will Lengthen Your Life More than Diet, Exercise: Longevity Expert

The World Health Organization Admits Chinese Laboratory Origin of COVID “Cannot Be Ruled Out”

Helping Penitents Overcome Pornography Use Within the Sacrament of the Penance

What Do Catholics Think about Synodality?

Alarming report: crisis of violence and kidnappings against Christians in Nigeria rises to critical levels

The arrest of Durov (Telegram founder) in France and the paradoxes of freedom

China and Vatican: “sinicization” is not inculturation