Alabama, USA, Recognizes Personhood Status for Embryos

Feb 28, 2024 00:08

Tim Daniels

Donald Trump and Joe Biden presidential candidates of the United States Photo: Voz de America

Local Church

Haiti: Bishop injured in explosion is in stable condition. Police investigates if it was an attack or an accident

Bishop Pierre André Dumas of Anse-à-Veau-Miragoâne Diocese suffered burns to his face, arms and legs in a blast while visiting Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital last weekend.

Feb 23, 2024 23:40

Amy Balog

Good News•Local Church

Assisi, Land of Saint Francis, Breaks Pilgrimage Record: Here Are Last Year’s Numbers

Record numbers of pilgrims arriving in 2023 at the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi registered by the Statio Peregrinorum. Many walkers, Italian and non-Italian, lovers of slow and sustainable tourism who arrived on foot or by bicycle along the different Franciscan trails. The percentage of women compared to men is growing (respectively 51.5% and 48.5% against 48.3% and 51.7% in 2022) as well as the percentage of pilgrims coming from abroad.

Feb 23, 2024 00:38

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Homosexuality•Local Church

About the Scandal in New York’s Cathedral of Gay Irreverence During a Funeral and What This Has To Do with Fiducia Supplicans

In addition to some criticisms of what happened from Catholic sectors, the LGBT+ community complains that the service was shortened and that the mass was not held. In fact, they also ask for an apology for the vocabulary used in the archdiocese’s statement.

Feb 22, 2024 12:53

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church

Belgium: draft with progressive demands circulated in the Belgian Catholic Church

The Belgian bishops urge reflection on the role of women in the Church, advocating for greater pastoral responsibility and considering the ordination of deaconesses, although without imposing these measures universally.

Feb 22, 2024 00:39

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Gender Ideology•Homosexuality•Local Church

German bishops establish new position: bishop in charge of queer pastoral care

One of the measures arising from this Assembly is that a bishop will personally oversee queer pastoral care

Feb 22, 2024 00:32

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Pope Francis to visit the Capitol in Rome on June 10: the Jubilee 2025 as the main theme

This year’s visit takes place in the context of preparations for the Jubilee and reflects the close relationship between the municipal administration and the Vatican

With data in hand and concrete proposals: Pope addresses climate crisis in speech

Speech to participants at a meeting on the theme “From climate crisis to climate resilience”.

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Alabama, USA, Recognizes Personhood Status for Embryos

Church bombed in Ukraine, everything destroyed, but image of Virgin Mary remains intact

Mozambique: Famine, disease and thirst predicted due to Islamist terrorism

After Pope’s letter that prevented schism in Germany, date announced for meeting between Rome and German bishops

Australian bishops’ president speaks out on abuse allegation against bishop emeritus of Broome

Burkina Faso: Islamist attack on Catholic church leaves 15 dead

Haiti: the wave of attacks against Catholics continues. 6 religious kidnapped

Haiti: Bishop injured in explosion is in stable condition. Police investigates if it was an attack or an accident

Assisi, Land of Saint Francis, Breaks Pilgrimage Record: Here Are Last Year’s Numbers

About the Scandal in New York’s Cathedral of Gay Irreverence During a Funeral and What This Has To Do with Fiducia Supplicans

Belgium: draft with progressive demands circulated in the Belgian Catholic Church

German bishops establish new position: bishop in charge of queer pastoral care