Ultimatum from the Pontifical Delegate: warns of canonical penalties for priests who litigate over liturgy in India

Aug 19, 2023 01:23

ZENIT Staff

Syro-Malabar Catholics Burn an Order to Reform Their Rite. Photo: UCA News

Local Church

After WYD, Patriarch of Lisbon Declines Having a Bridge Named after Him “Not To Create Division”

The Lisbon government wanted to pay homage to its archbishop on the occasion of his birthday, as well as recognize his work for WYD. This initiative generated divided opinions.

Aug 15, 2023 18:00

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Nicaraguan Government Freezes Jesuit-Run University’s Bank Accounts

The Central American University (UCA) has been watched by the Nicaraguan Government, since the social and political crisis of 2028, for being aligned with the Opposition. The Nicaraguan Authorities did not inform the University of an investigation of its accounting and of the origin of its funds. To this intervention against the UCA is added the detention in February, and accusation against, Jesuit Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who continues to be in the Government’s prison.

Aug 15, 2023 17:28

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Is Brazil on the Way to No Longer Being the Country with the Greatest Number of Catholics in the World?

The possibility exists of the proportion of Catholics falling under the 50% threshold

Aug 14, 2023 13:37

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Cleveland: Bishop Establishes Diocesan Sanctuary for Tridentine Rite

On July 28th, Monsignor Edward Malesic issued a decree transforming St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Cleveland into a diocesan sanctuary dedicated to the traditional Mass and the administration of other sacraments. Monsignor Malesic stated that the church would be employed «for worship according to the 1962 Roman Missal and other liturgical texts in use during that era.»

Aug 14, 2023 13:13

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

Indian bishop calls for end to violence against Catholics in India

ACN reported last month that more than 300 churches and other buildings belonging to Christian organisations had been destroyed during the violent conflict.

Aug 13, 2023 22:00

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

Ultimatum from the Pontifical Delegate: warns of canonical penalties for priests who litigate over liturgy in India

Pakistan: 21 churches razed to the ground, 1,000 Christians affected. Islamists attack images of Jesus and Mary

New director of the prestigious Ecole Biblique de Jerusalem

Towards a Schism Over the Liturgy? Syro-Malabreses Throw Eggs at Pope’s Delegate

A few meters from the Vatican, archaeologists discover Nero’s Theater, where Christians were martyred

Amidst Risk of Schism, Pope Francis Sends Delegate to Resolve Liturgical Dispute in Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly

Eight Impressive Facts About the WYD that Perhaps You Didn’t Know

After WYD, Patriarch of Lisbon Declines Having a Bridge Named after Him “Not To Create Division”

Nicaraguan Government Freezes Jesuit-Run University’s Bank Accounts

Is Brazil on the Way to No Longer Being the Country with the Greatest Number of Catholics in the World?

Cleveland: Bishop Establishes Diocesan Sanctuary for Tridentine Rite

Indian bishop calls for end to violence against Catholics in India