Virgin of the migrants: the Mexican virgin (who is not Guadalupe) to become an international shrine in the Philippines

Jan 29, 2024 14:13

The temple houses an ancient statue of the Virgin brought from Mexico in the 17th century and is venerated with the title of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage. Photo: CBCP News

Local Church•Pope Francis

New bishop consecrated in China with Pope Francis’ approval

On a population that has more than doubled, according to estimates from various sources, the number of baptized Catholics ranges from ten thousand to twenty thousand. Since the signing of the Interim Agreement between the People’s Republic of China and the Holy See (September 22, 2018), there have been no illegitimate episcopal ordinations in China, those celebrated without papal consent, which had caused painful lacerations among Chinese Catholics since the late 1950s

Jan 25, 2024 00:04

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Traditional mass held at Washington’s Capitol one year after attacks on religious freedom

This religious service comes one year after the FBI’s Richmond, Virginia, office issued a memo against traditionalist Catholics on Jan. 23, 2023.

Jan 23, 2024 02:10

Tim Daniels

Local Church

Iraq: new Catholic day care center opens, «a dream come true»

In a country where the Christian minority faces frequent discrimination and is often treated as second-class citizens, many parents wish to send their children to a school with a Catholic ethos.

Jan 23, 2024 01:55

Amy Balog

Local Church

USA: Archbishop Gudziak Commends Congress for Bipartisan Child Tax Credit Agreement

We welcome the recent announcement from Chairmen Wyden and Smith of a bipartisan agreement for an enhanced Child Tax Credit. The bishops have repeatedly urged Congress to pass a strengthened Child Tax Credit that prioritizes the poorest children

Jan 23, 2024 01:46

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Calls for six kidnapped Sisters to be freed

The abduction took place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, when six Sisters of Saint Anne – who have not been named – were travelling to a university.

Jan 22, 2024 23:23

Amy Balog

Virgin of the migrants: the Mexican virgin (who is not Guadalupe) to become an international shrine in the Philippines

Turkey: Catholic church attacked during mass. There is one dead

Government of Papua New Guinea Announces Pope’s Visit to the Country

USA: This is how religious individuals who professed perpetual vows in 2023 are

Ireland: after vocational winter, 15 new seminarians in the country by 2024

6 kidnapped nuns freed in Haiti

Vatican approves new cathedral in Madison, USA

New bishop consecrated in China with Pope Francis’ approval

Traditional mass held at Washington’s Capitol one year after attacks on religious freedom

Iraq: new Catholic day care center opens, «a dream come true»

USA: Archbishop Gudziak Commends Congress for Bipartisan Child Tax Credit Agreement

Calls for six kidnapped Sisters to be freed