Report Reveals That Children Inherit Their Parents’ Faith and Political Ideas

May 30, 2023 15:10

ZENIT Staff

family at mass

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Police intentionally kill two girls at Catholic school in Pakistan. Bishops raise their voices

Five other children and a woman were also injured in the shooting at Sangota Public School, in the Swat Valley run by the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the north-east of the country.

May 23, 2023 05:18

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Young People

Seminaries in China and the challenge of accompaniment

Father Fabio Favata is a PIME missionary and trained psychologist, whose doctoral thesis focuses on how seminaries in mainland China train candidates to the priesthood. Despite declining vocations and major difficulties, building a future is still possible.

May 22, 2023 15:37

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Paris: Plan is Approved for the Rehabilitation of the Square of the Cathedral of Notre Dame

The National Commission for Architecture and Heritage gave a positive opinion to the proposed development, albeit without concrete benches and keeping the enclosing gates all around.

May 22, 2023 14:53

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

From Coast to Coast: The World’s Largest Eucharistic Procession Is Held in the United States

The four processions will form a gigantic cross on the map of the United States all the way to Indianapolis. Perhaps the greatest Eucharistic pilgrimage in history will conclude on May 19, 2023, Pentecost Sunday.

May 21, 2023 23:49

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Testimonies

Catholics in South Sudan set out to help those fleeing Sudanese civil war

Majority Muslim Sudan and Christian South Sudan became separate countries in 2011 following a decades-long civil war.

May 20, 2023 15:55

ZENIT Staff

Pope calls on Church to pray in June for abolition of torture

The Pope condemns not only the most violent forms of torture, but also those that are “more sophisticated, such as degrading someone, dulling the senses, or mass detentions in inhumane conditions.” Horrified that it is currently still practiced, the Pope calls on the international community to “commit itself concretely to abolish torture, guaranteeing support to victims and their families.”

Pope Francis Explains How The Holy Spirit Frees Us From Fear

Address on the occasion of the Regina Coeli prayer on Sunday, May 28, 2023.

Report Reveals That Children Inherit Their Parents’ Faith and Political Ideas

Israel Has Fewer Women in Parliament, But More Women Workers Among the Ultra-Orthodox

Chinese Government Implements Digital Identification System for Priests

USA: Planned Parenthood is challenging Arizona’s pre-Roe v. Wade law protecting unborn lives

Another step against Russia: Ukrainian Orthodox to celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25

Satanism: The New “Religion” That Seeks to Thwart Christians and Catholics in the United States

Mexico: Eighth Priest Murdered in President López Obrador’s Six-Year Term

Police intentionally kill two girls at Catholic school in Pakistan. Bishops raise their voices

Seminaries in China and the challenge of accompaniment

Paris: Plan is Approved for the Rehabilitation of the Square of the Cathedral of Notre Dame

From Coast to Coast: The World’s Largest Eucharistic Procession Is Held in the United States

Catholics in South Sudan set out to help those fleeing Sudanese civil war