On Religion: Clergy Should Worry About Teens And Smartphones

Sep 13, 2024 14:12

ZENIT Staff

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

The confessor is in a privileged place to assist penitents in overcoming pornography consumption.

One of the most striking revelations in the report is the disproportionate targeting of Christian communities.

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

Analysis Opinion•Vatican City

Vatican City’s immigration law, one of the strictest in Europe

Vatican citizenship is a rare status, tightly controlled and highly coveted. According to official records, only 618 individuals hold Vatican citizenship, making it the most exclusive in the world.

Aug 29, 2024 20:02

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Church and World

What Do People Expect From Their Politicians in Regard to Religion? A Study Gives the Answer

Religion continues being an important factor in the election of leaders in many parts of the world, the way in which this relationship is valued varies enormously from one society to another.

Aug 29, 2024 05:51

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Good News

Holy Shroud: New Study Gives Proof of Shroud’s Authenticity from the Blood

The analysis revealed that the blood stains are consistent with the wounds described in the Gospels, including those caused by the crown of thorns, the flagellation and the crucifixion.

Aug 29, 2024 05:46

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Religious Freedom

Why Are Several African Countries Attacking Freedom of Religion?

The deaths in Kenya of members of a congregations practicing extreme fasting are used as a pretext to severely limit freedom of religion in various countries.

Aug 28, 2024 18:19

ZENIT Staff

Pope’s article in The New York Times: There Is Faith in Humor

“Generally, we priests tend to enjoy humor and even have a fair stock of jokes and amusing stories, which we are often quite good at telling, as well as being the object of them”, writes the Pope in the best-known newspaper in the United States

the Vatican formally launches his cause for beatification and canonization

The process of beatification of King Baudouin of Belgium officially begins: Vatican and Pope give their approval

In a statement released by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, it was confirmed that the process officially began on December 17, 2024, with the establishment of a historical commission. This panel, comprising leading experts in Belgian history and archival research, is tasked with gathering and evaluating documentation related to King Baudouin’s life and deeds.

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

Vatican City’s immigration law, one of the strictest in Europe

What Do People Expect From Their Politicians in Regard to Religion? A Study Gives the Answer

Holy Shroud: New Study Gives Proof of Shroud’s Authenticity from the Blood

Why Are Several African Countries Attacking Freedom of Religion?