[PHOTOS] This was the first Mass of a non-Catholic patriarch in the Pope’s cathedral

May 16, 2023 15:23

ZENIT Staff

Mass In Rome For Tawadros II, Patriarch Of The Coptic Orthodox Church Of Egypt. Photo: Dicastery for Christian Unity

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

A decade on – kidnapped archbishops still missing

Greek-Orthodox Metropolitan Boulos Yazigi and Syriac-Orthodox Metropolitan Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim were seized in the area between Aleppo and the Turkish border. They were travelling to negotiate the release of two priests – Armenian Catholic Michael Kayyal and Greek Orthodox Maher Mahfouz – who had been abducted by jihadists.

Apr 27, 2023 18:42

John Newton

Interview•Local Church•Testimonies of Faith

Interview with the Person in Charge of Aid to the Church in Need’s Projects in Africa, to Understand the Situation in Sudan

Sudan is Africa’s third largest gold producer, and Hemedti owns gold mines in the north of the country.

Apr 27, 2023 18:36

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Rome

Orthodox Copts Will Celebrate Mass in Pope’s Cathedral: Vatican Explains Why

The Patriarch will not celebrate at the Pope’s altar, he will have his own place where he will perform the Divine Liturgy in the Coptic rite.

Apr 25, 2023 21:54

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church

The Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia switches to the Gregorian calendar

The Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians of the Byzantine Rite in Germany and Scandinavia will switch to the Gregorian calendar on September 1, 2023 (the beginning of the Indictus, i.e., the New Liturgical Year), is stated in the decree of the Apostolic Exarch Bishop Bohdan Dziurakh.

Apr 25, 2023 21:42

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

USA: Church takes stand on Supreme Court ruling on abortion drug

The bishops expressed their tremendous disappointment at the ruling, as innocent lives will be lost and the woman consuming it will be endangered.

Apr 23, 2023 06:43

ZENIT Staff

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The Vatican reconfirms the Pope’s trip to Argentina, Uruguay, and Peru and releases one of its longest medical reports

Dr. Luigi Carbone confirms that the Holy Father’s recovery after the surgery continues, and the latest medical examinations attest to his good health and favorable clinical condition. Based on his current clinical status, there are no contraindications that would prevent him from undertaking his upcoming apostolic journey to Latin America as planned

The personal relationship that God asks of every Christian, as explained by Pope Leo XIV

Address on the Occasion of the Angelus Prayer on Sunday, October 25, 2026

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[PHOTOS] This was the first Mass of a non-Catholic patriarch in the Pope’s cathedral

Kazakhstan: parliament votes on law simplifying permanent residence for Catholic priests

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For the first time a Catholic cardinal actively participates in the coronation of an English King

Pope Francis’ Effect in Hungary: The Country’s President Pardons Some Prisoners

USA: study reveals what men who will be ordained priests in 2023 look like

A decade on – kidnapped archbishops still missing

Interview with the Person in Charge of Aid to the Church in Need’s Projects in Africa, to Understand the Situation in Sudan

Orthodox Copts Will Celebrate Mass in Pope’s Cathedral: Vatican Explains Why

The Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia switches to the Gregorian calendar

USA: Church takes stand on Supreme Court ruling on abortion drug