Can a transgender person enter religious life? U.S. bishops to respond in new document

Jun 23, 2024 19:23

ZENIT Staff

American Bishops. Photo: Christian Socialism

highlights a worrying increase of discrimination and hostility against Christians in the United Kingdom.

The program allows select individuals who have resided in the country for at least ten years to apply for parole in place

Local Church

Image of Mexican Virgin of Guadalupe Weeps Blood: First Case to Be Studied after Vatican Reform

Melchor Mondragón saw the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe in his home with marks on her face on Sunday, June 2, 2024. He approached the image and saw what seemed to be red tears running down her cheeks.

Jun 19, 2024 05:54

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Gender Ideology•Local Church

Priest Denies Eucharist to Married Gay Couple and They Report Him to the Police

It remains to be seen if Spanish justice accepts the complaint, as Civil Law must be harmonized with Ecclesiastical Law.

Jun 19, 2024 05:51

Rafael Llanes

Local Church•Young People

U.S. Bishops Approve New Guidelines for Pastoral Ministries with Youth and Young Adults

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, chaired by Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, developed the framework in response to “Christus vivit,” issued by Pope Francis in 2019 following the Synod on Young People

Jun 18, 2024 17:06

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Report on the state of the permanent diaconate in the U.S. Church released

The Archdiocese of Chicago had the greatest number of permanent deacons (827) followed by Galveston-Houston (346), New York (357), and Joliet in Illinois (307).

Jun 17, 2024 17:31

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship•Local Church

Liturgical Ultimatum in India: Either They Celebrate Mass as Agreed or Are Excommunicated

July 4 is the deadline before the application of canonical sanctions.

Jun 17, 2024 06:06

Elizabeth Owens

Photo Gallery: Leo XIV Now Has An Official Mosaic to Enrich St. Paul’s Basilica, and This Is How He Reacted When It Was Shown to Him

Just over eight months after the election of Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican Mosaic Workshop has completed the mosaic portrait for the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, at the request of the Archpriest of the Basilica, Cardinal James Michael Harvey.

How Jesus Christ transforms man’s relationship with God, according to Pope Leo XIV

Pope’s general audience, January 14, 2026, on the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum on Divine Revelation

Can a transgender person enter religious life? U.S. bishops to respond in new document

Extraordinary Apparitions in Medjugorje and An Alleged Petition of the Virgin

Vatican and China to renew agreement on bishop appointments in October

This is the way to avoid a liturgical schism in India, only Vatican approval is missing

New Survey Reveals Growing Belief Among American Catholics in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist

Revealing Report Highlights Growing Marginalization of Christians in the United Kingdom

USA: Bishops react to Biden’s plan to regulate immigration for undocumented spouses

Image of Mexican Virgin of Guadalupe Weeps Blood: First Case to Be Studied after Vatican Reform

Priest Denies Eucharist to Married Gay Couple and They Report Him to the Police

U.S. Bishops Approve New Guidelines for Pastoral Ministries with Youth and Young Adults

Report on the state of the permanent diaconate in the U.S. Church released

Liturgical Ultimatum in India: Either They Celebrate Mass as Agreed or Are Excommunicated