Hindu persecution of Christians in India leaves 50,000 displaced, 150 killed

Aug 24, 2023 17:37

ZENIT Staff

Arson attack on St. Paul’s Parish and Pastoral Training Center in Sangaiprou, Archdiocese of Imphal. Photo: ACN

Justice and Peace•Local Church

USA religious orgs ask 6th Circuit to protect their right to operate consistent with their faith

Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) attorneys represent Christian Healthcare Centers, Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in two lawsuits challenging state law burdening their religious exercise.

Aug 23, 2023 02:27

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Local Church

San Francisco Archbishop Cordileone declares archdiocese bankrupt

The overwhelming majority of the more than 500 claims stem from allegations of sexual abuse that occurred 30 or more years ago involving priests who are no longer active in ministry or are deceased.

Aug 22, 2023 01:51

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Jesuits of Nicaragua Are Left on the Street: In Addition to the University, They Are Thrown Out of Their House

Only three days earlier, on August 16, the Jesuits were expelled from the University they ran in Managua, accused, without proofs, of terrorism, betrayal of the homeland and conspiracy.

Aug 21, 2023 16:29

ZENIT Staff

Art and Culture•Local Church

Aparecida, the Most Important Brazilian Shrine, Suspends Placement of Rupnik’s Mosaics

The priest worked on the mosaics of the Basilica of Aparecida, whose construction began in 2019. Rupnik is associated to the Aletti Center, entity that has installed 200 mosaics in churches of five Continents.

Aug 20, 2023 22:14

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Nigeria: Christian killings ‘go on and on’, no arrests or consequences for terrorists

Father Lubo stressed that these atrocities should be investigated, and authorities should identify “the perpetrators of these evil acts” – but arrests are rare, and those in positions of power seldom have the willingness “to say what’s going on”. He added that Nigerian authorities are not doing anything to help the thousands of Christians in the region who have been displaced after surviving terrorist attacks.

Aug 20, 2023 01:29

ZENIT Staff

Under the agreement with China, Leo XIV appoints a new bishop

Chang Yanfeng, 42, was ordained bishop today under the Sino-Holy See agreement to a diocese that has been without its own pastor for 20 years. Just three weeks ago, the new prelate had to publicly commit the local Church to a controversial law designed to eliminate minorities.

Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of inspiration and sanctification

Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Orders in the United States

Hindu persecution of Christians in India leaves 50,000 displaced, 150 killed

President of the World Council of Churches Calls for Inter-Communion Between Catholics and Protestants

Mozambique: after 40 years of absence due to anti-Catholic hostility, nuns welcomed again

This Is the Vocational Decline in Europe in 2023

He Passes Himself Off as a Priest and Ends Up in Jail in Germany

Almost Half a Million Catholics of India Are Putting Themselves in Imminent Schism for

Egypt promotes the Route of the Holy Family with a 9-meter Marian statue in the heart of the country

USA religious orgs ask 6th Circuit to protect their right to operate consistent with their faith

San Francisco Archbishop Cordileone declares archdiocese bankrupt

Jesuits of Nicaragua Are Left on the Street: In Addition to the University, They Are Thrown Out of Their House

Aparecida, the Most Important Brazilian Shrine, Suspends Placement of Rupnik’s Mosaics

Nigeria: Christian killings ‘go on and on’, no arrests or consequences for terrorists