Brazilian police arrest woman who digitally harassed a priest: she created and distributed false material

Aug 23, 2025 01:13

ZENIT Staff

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Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

French archbishop reverses appointment of priest convicted of abuse

In a written statement, Archbishop de Kerimel acknowledged the outcry, apologized to victims who interpreted the appointment as a dismissal of their suffering, and confirmed the selection of Father Léopold Biyoki as the new chancellor, effective September 1.

Aug 19, 2025 20:50

Covadonga Asturias

Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV to bishops of the Amazon: no to the worship of nature

The remark has not gone unnoticed. In Rome, observers saw in it an implicit reference to the controversies of the 2019 Amazon Synod, when images of the Pachamama were introduced in Vatican events and provoked heated debate about the limits of inculturation

Aug 18, 2025 18:10

Enrique Villegas

Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV gives his pontifical miter to Chiclayo in Peru

The gesture was more than ceremonial. For many in Chiclayo, it was a reminder that the new pope—born Robert Francis Prevost in the United States but ordained to pastoral life in Peru—remains closely tied to the community where he lived and ministered for decades before becoming bishop and later rising to the papacy.

Aug 17, 2025 23:02

Enrique Villegas

Good News•Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Virgin Mary

The 7th shrine dedicated to Mary, mother of persecuted Christians, will open in Iraq

The new shrine will stand within the recently built Church of St. Ephrem, its focal point an icon delivered this August by Father Benedict Kiely, founder of the Vermont-based charity Nasarean.org.

Aug 15, 2025 10:06

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Nicaraguan dictatorship attacks the Church once again and expropriates school owned by nuns

After a government decree, the school has been renamed the “Bismarck Martínez Educational Center,” in honor of a Sandinista militant killed during the 2018 anti-government protests

Aug 15, 2025 10:02

Enrique Villegas

The topics the Pope will discuss with all the world’s cardinals in late June have been announced: liturgy is not on the agenda

The agenda itself is revealing. While speculation in some circles had focused on possible discussions concerning liturgical questions or curial reform, the Consistory will instead concentrate on issues that Leo XIV appears to regard as more urgent

Reflections by Leo XIV on certain elements that constitute the sacred liturgy, such as rite, sign, and symbol

The Pope’s General Audience, June 3, 2026, on certain elements that constitute the sacred liturgy, such as rites, signs, and symbols

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Brazilian police arrest woman who digitally harassed a priest: she created and distributed false material

Vatican approves new liturgical calendar for Arabia with its own calendar of saints

Cardinal Zupi turns the names of children from Gaza into a 7-hour prayer by saying them one by one

He resigns from the priesthood to run for office in Argentina. This is how the Church responds

Majority of Austrians in favor of preserving Christian elements (holidays and crosses) in the country’s public life

President of U.S. Bishops Conference Calls for Special Collection for Humanitarian Relief and Pastoral Support in Gaza

Pope Leo XIV will visit Lebanon, according to official statements by the Archbishop of Beirut

French archbishop reverses appointment of priest convicted of abuse

Pope Leo XIV to bishops of the Amazon: no to the worship of nature

Pope Leo XIV gives his pontifical miter to Chiclayo in Peru

The 7th shrine dedicated to Mary, mother of persecuted Christians, will open in Iraq

Nicaraguan dictatorship attacks the Church once again and expropriates school owned by nuns